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RAHVVAY,  N.  J 


BY    THE    PASTOR, 


Rev.  GEO.  HUBBARD  PAYSON. 


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BY   THE    PASTOR, 

Rev.  GEO.  HUBBARD  PAYSON. 


PUBLISHED     BY    REQUEST    OF    TRUSTEES. 


RAHWAY,  N.  J.  : 
THE  MERSHON  COMPANY  PRESS, 

1S91. 


Copyright,  1891, 

BY 

GEORGE  HUBBARD  PAYSON. 


2)c&ication. 

TO    HIS   LOYAL    PEOPLE    BY    THEIR 

LOVING    PASTOR   THIS    SOUVENIR    IS    DEDICATED 

BOTH     AS    A    MEMORIAL    AND    AN 

INSPIRATION. 


ILLUSTRATIONS 


Frontispiece  :   Church  and  Manse. 

Rev.  Geo.  Hubbard  Payson,  Present  Pastor. 

Interior  of  the  Church. 

Rev.  Thomas  L.  Janeway,  D.  D.,  LL.  D. 

Rev.  Charles  K.  Imbrie,  D.  D. 

Rev.  Samuel  S.  Sheddan,  D.  D. 

Rev.  John  J.  Pomeroy,  D.  D. 

Rev.  Wm.  Alfred  Gay. 


QONTENTS. 


PAGE 

Order  of  Services 9 

Story  of  the  Jubilee 13 

Sermon, 26 

Address  by  the  Rev,  Dr.  Mott, 46 

Address  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  McNulty, 50 

Brief  Biographies  of  Pastors, 58 

Roll   of    Elders,    Trustees    and    Sunday-School    Superin- 
tendents,      61 

Organization  of  the  Church 64 

Church  Roll 68 

Pew-Holders, 85 

Sunday  School 87 

I      Original  Roll  of  Second  Church, 92 


Rev.  Geo.  Hubbard  Payson. 


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1891 


"  Hitherto  hath  the  Lord  helped  us.'' 

ORDER  OF  SERVICES 

IN    COMMEMORATION    OF    THE 

ONE    HUNDRED   AND    FIFTIETH   ANNIVERSARY    OF    THE 
FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  OF  RAHWAY,  N.  J, 

JUNE,  7th  to  loth,  1891. 


REV.  GEO.  HUBBARD  PAYSON,  Pastor. 


"  Gloria," 
.  By  the  Pastor, 

By  the  Pastor, 
,  Congregation, 

Congregation, 
Ps.  121  and  122, 


Sunday  Morning  Service,  June  7th,  10.30  o'Clock. 


1.  Organ  Prelude, 

2.  Anthem, 

3.  Salutation, 

4.  Invocation, 

5.  Lord's  Prayer, 

6.  Hymn,  124, 

7.  Responsive  Reading, 

8.  "Gloria  Patri,"    . 

9.  Scripture  Lessons,   . 

10.  Offertory,      . 

11.  Prayer,     . 

12.  Hymn,  1330, 

13.  Sermon,     Theme — " 

14.  Prayer, 

15.  Hymn,  1160,    . 

16.  Benediction, 


"  Praise  ye  the  Father 
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Our  Church  Past  and 


From  Farmer's  Mass 
All  Standuig 
All  Standing 
All  Standing 
.All  Seated 
.  All  Standing 
All  Standing 


Gounod 
the  Rev.  E.  H.  Payson 
All  Standing 
Present."    Bv  the  Pastor 


All  Standing 
All  Standing 


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Sunday  Evening  Service,  7.30  o'Clock. 

1.  Organ  Prelude,         .......... 

2.  Anthem,       .         .          "I  will  extol  Thee,"  ....      Sudd 

3.  Decalogue,  with  Response  and  vSummary,         ..... 

4.  Responsive  Reading,    .         .    Ps.  96,  .         .  All  Standing 

5.  "  Gloria  Patri,"        .......      All  Standing 

6.  New  Testament  Lesson,       ........ 

7.  Hymn,  293  ;   ist,  2d,  and  5th  verses,         .         .         .         All  Seated 

8.  Prayer All  Seated 

9.  Offertory,  .    Duet,  "  Peace  to  this  Dwelling,"    .         .  Smith 

10.  Address,       .....     Rev.  Everard  Kenipshall,  D.  D. 

11.  Hymn,  678  ;   1st  and  6th  verses,        ....       All  Standing 

12.  Address, Rev.  John  A.  Liggett,  D.  D. 

Twofold  Theme — "  The  Pulpit  and  the  Pew." 

13.  Anthem,        .         .         .       "Jubilate,"  .         .         .  Barrett 

14.  Closing  Prayer,         .......... 

15.  Doxology, All  Standing 

16.  Benediction,     .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .All  Standing 

Tuesday,  June  9th,  3  o'Clock,  P.  M. 

/nbemorial  Service. 

1.  Organ  Prelude,         .......... 

2.  Anthem,        .         ,     "  Benedic,  Anima  Mea,"        .         .  Parsons 

3.  Sentences,        .......... 

4.  Prayer, 

5.  Hymn,  1149,   ........... 

6.  Words  of  Welcome,      .         .         By  the  Pastor,  Rev.  G.  H.  Payson 

7.  Roll  Call  of  Pastors, 

8.  The  First  Four  ;  Responded  to  by  the  Last,         .... 

Rev.  Aaron  Richards,  1748  to  1791.  Rev.  Robt.  H.  Chapman, 
I'J^'l  to  1799.  Rev.  Buckley  Car II,  1802  to  1826.  Rev.  Alfred 
Chester,  1826  to  1829. 

9.  Address,     Rev.  Thos.  L.  Janeioay,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Pastor,  1829  to 

1840. 

10.  Tenor  Solo,  .          .     "  Les  Rameaux,"  .  .         .    Eaure 

11.  Address,        .       Rev.  Chas.  K.  Imbrie,  D.  D.,  Pastor,  1841  to  1852. 

12.  Hymn,  339  ;   ist,  5th,  and  6th  verses,    .         ,          .          All  Standing 


ORDER  OF  SER  VICES.  1 1 

13.  Address,     Rev.  G.  S.   Mott,  D.  D.,   in  response  to  the  name  of  the 

Rev.  Samuel  S.  Sheddan,  D.  D.,  Pastor,  1852  to  1874. 

14.  Address,     Rev.  Jos.  M.  McNulty,  D.  J).,  in  response  to  the  name  of 

the  Rev.  J.  J.  Pomeroy,  D.  D.,  Pastor,  1875  ^^  1884. 

15.  Greeting,  .       From  the  Rev.   IVm.  A.  Gay,  Pastor,  1885  to  1889 

16.  Prayer,         ........... 

17.  Hymn,  121  ;   island  7th  verses,        ....      All  Standing 

18.  Benediction All  Standing 

Tuesday  Evening  Popular  Service,  7.30  o'Clock. 

1.  Organ  Prelude,         .......... 

2.  Anthem,        .         .         .  "Gloria,".         .      From  Farmer's  Mass 

3.  Call  to  Worship,       .......... 

4.  Prayer,  .         .  ......... 

5.  Chant,       .  "  Our  Father  which  art  in  Heaven." 

6.  Responsive  Reading,     .  Ps.  79,    .  .         .  All  Standing 

7.  "  Gloria  Patri," All  Standing 

8.  Address,        .        ""  Christian  Liberality,"      .Rev.   Wm.  R.  Richards 

9.  Duet,        .         .         ."  The  Lord  is  my  Light,"         .         .  Buck 

10.  Address,       .  "  Christian  Unity,"    .       Rev.  N^ewton  W.  Cadwell 

11.  Hymn,  847  ;   ist  and  2d  verses,         ....       All  Standing 

12.  Address,       "  Christian  Evangelism,"      Rev.  John  W.  leal,  D.  D. 

13.  Anthem,  .         .      "  Hark,  Hark,  my  Soul,"      .         .        Shelley 

14.  Prayer,  ........... 

15.  Doxology, All  Siatiding 

16.  Benediction All  Standing 

17.  Organ  Postlude,        ......  .... 

Monday,  June  8th,  7.45  o'Clock,  P.  M. 

Young  People's  Rally  under  the  auspices  of  the   Christian  Endeavor 
Union  of  Rahway. 

Tuesday,  June  9th,  5.30  to  7.30  o'Clock,  P.  M. 

Supper  and  Social  Reunion  in  the  Lecture  Room  for  the  invited  guests. 

Wednesday,  June  loth,  8  to  10  o'Clock,  P.  M. 

Jubilee  Sociable  and  Collation  for  all  the  members  of  the  Church  and 
adult  members  of  the  Congregation . 


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1741  to  1891. 


FOUR  DAYS'  SERVICES  IN  COMMEMORATION  OF   ONE 
HUNDRED  AND  FIFTY  YEARS  OF  HISTORY. 


[The  writer  desires  to  acknowledge  the  aid  obtained  from  the  excel- 
lent reports  of  the  Jubilee  published  in  the  New  York,  Elizabeth,  and 
Rahway  papers,  in  the  preparatiou  of  this  simple  story  of  these  memor- 
able services  ;  also  the  facts  derived  from  the  exhaustive  and  able  his- 
tories of  the  First  Church,  by  the  late  Rev.  J.  J.  Pomperoy,  D.  D.,  and 
of  the  Second  Church,  by  Major  George  P.  Edgar,  in  preparing  the 
sermon  and  statistics.] 

The  Jubilee  services  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Rahway,  N.  J.,  commenced  Sunday  morning,  June  7,  1891, 
with  summer  showers,  but  closed  with  smiling  skies.  Will- 
ing hearts  and  busy  hands  had  been  long  devoted  to  the 
preparations.  The  grounds  outside  were  in  perfect  order. 
Never  was  the  foliage  so  fresh  or  the  grass  so  green  as  on 
that  June  morning.  The  interior  of  the  church  was  beauti- 
fully decorated  with  garlands  of  evergreens,  cut  flowers, 
potted  plants,  magnolias,  palms,  and  ferns.  Two  large  white 
shields  were  placed  on  the  walls,  one  on  each  side  of  the 
platform  ;  that  on  the  right  bearing  the  figures  1741  in  gold, 

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14  JUBILEE  SOUVENIR. 

and  a  similar  one  on  the  left  with  1891  ;  while  on  the  front 
of  the  organ  a  large  white  star  was  suspended. 

Strength  and  beauty  were  in  the  sanctuary. 

At  half-past  ten  o'clock  an  audience  comfortably  filling 
the  commodious  house  of  worship  gathered  for  the  morning 
service.  The  Rev.  E.  H.  Payson,  the  venerable  father  of 
the  pastor,  occupied  the  pulpit  with  his  son. 

A  chorus  of  twelve  voices  led  the  singing.  It  was  com- 
posed of  the  following  persons  :  Mrs.  J.  B.  Ross,  the  Misses 
Nellie  Martin  and  Addie  Weldon,  sopranos  ;  the  Misses 
Nettie  Halliday,  Addie  Stacy,  and  Hattie  Williams,  altos  ; 
Messrs.  Joseph  Avery,  Frank  Potter,  and  Edward  Carman, 
tenors  ;  James  T.  Barnes,  John  Williams,  and  George  Betz, 
bassos. 

After  an  organ  prelude  by  the  organist,  Mr.  George  C. 
Oliver,  the  "  Gloria,"  from  Farmer's  Mass,  was  rendered  by 
the  choir,  the  Salutation  and  Invocation  pronounced  by  the 
pastor,  the  congregation  joining  in  the  Lord's  Prayer. 
Hymn  124  was  then  sung,  the  congregation  seated;  after 
which  the  T2ist  and  i22d  Psalms  were  read  responsively, 
all  standing  and  joining  in  the  "  Gloria  Patri "  at  the  close. 
The  Scripture  lessons  and  Offertory  followed.  Then  an 
appropriate  and  impressive  prayer  was  offered  by  the  Rev. 
E.  H.  Payson,  of  Oneida,  N.  Y. 

After  singing  hymn  1330,  the  congregation  sat  down  to 
listen  to  a  historical  and  practical  sermon  by  the  pastor,  the 
Rev.  George  Hubbard  Payson.  His  theme  was  '*  Our 
Church,  Past  and  Present,"  and  the  text.  Acts  xxviii.,  15,  last 
clause,  "  He  thanked  God  and  took  courage."  In  the  midst 
of  his  sermon,  after  referring  to  one  cause  for  gratitude,  to 
wit,  the  entire  freedom  from  a  debt  which  had  hung  over 
the  church  like  a  pall  for  many  years,  the  pastor  suggested 


THE  SrOKY  OF  THE  JUBILEE.  15 

that  the  whole  congregation  rise  and  sing  heartily,  "  Praise 
God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow  ;"  after  which  the  speaker 
resumed  his  discourse,  and  outlined  present,  practical  duties 
for  the  Church  in  regard  to  truth  and  life  to-day. 

In  the  evening  an  audience  assembled  that  filled  the  old 
First  Church  from  pulpit  to  vestibule,  gallery  and  aisles,  with 
devout  worshipers  and  eager  listeners.  The  congregation 
of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  united  with  the  First  in 
this  service.  The  Baptist  Church  was  also  closed,  its  pastor 
and  people  being  present. 

The  ushers,  Messrs.  D.  W.  C.  Gray,  William  D.  Potter 
Charles  A.  Grove,  Willard  Freeman,  Joseph  H.  Gay,  and 
Frank  Whitehead,  were  untiring  in  their  efforts  to  seat  the 
throngs,  but  it  was  impossible  to  accommodate  all. 

The  Rev.  Drs.  Kempshall,  Liggett,  and  Rollinson  occu- 
pied the  pulpit  with  the  pastor. 

After  the  organ  prelude  and  anthem  came  the  Decalogue, 
with  responses  by  the  choir,  and  the  Gospel  Summary. 
Responsive  readings  from  the  Psalter  followed,  with  the 
"  Gloria  Patri." 

Then  the  New  Testament  lesson  was  read  and  prayer 
made  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Rollinson.  After  a  hymn  by  the 
congregation  and  the  offertory  came  the  addresses  of  the 
evening,  eloquent  and  practical. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Kempshall  brought  a  greeting  from  the 
mother  church,  the  old  First  Church  of  Elizabeth,  and  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Liggett  a  greeting  from  the  daughter,  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Rahway.  After  words  of  congratu- 
lation they  discussed  the  twofold  theme,  "  The  Pulpit  and 
the  Pew."  Dr.  Kempshall  spoke  grandly  on  the  province 
and  power  of  the  preacher  to-day,  in  which  he  clearly  and 
justly  discriminated  between  the  doctrinal  sermons  of  by- 
gone  days   and  the   practical   preaching  of  modern  times, 


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touching  humorously  on  the  persons  and  events  in  the 
ecclesiastical  world  which  are  enlisting  attention,  and  with 
all  his  powerful  eloquence  presenting  the  Christ  to  the  con- 
science and  heart  of  every  person  in  that  congregation  of 
nearly  a  thousand  souls. 

In  treating  this  theme  the  doctor  contrasted  past  with 
present  times.  Within  this  century  a  wonderful  advance 
had  been  made  in  all  fields  of  thought.  We  are  living  in 
widely  different  times  from  those  of  our  fathers.  In  the 
realm  of  theology  men's  thoughts  will  not  consent  to  be 
hedged  in  by  barriers  erected  a  century  ago.  This  is  an 
age  of  upheavals,  and  all  denominations  feel  the  ground- 
swell  of  incoming  tides  of  thought.  The  intellectual  hori- 
zon has  broadened,  and  theology  is  crystallizing  about  the 
old  creed  of  Peter  :  "  Thou  art  the  Christ."  This  will  result 
in  simpler  creeds  for  our  churches,  while  leaving  intact  the 
old  landmarks  of  faith.  The  power  of  the  pulpit  of  to-day 
is  not  derived  from  ecclesiastical  authority.  In  his  boy- 
hood, the  doctor  said,  it  was  enough  to  know  that  the 
General  Assembly  pronounced  a  thing  wrong.  Now  men 
ask,  wherein  is  it  wrong?  The  power  of  the  pulpit  of  to- 
day will  be  found  in  its  active  sympathy  with  human 
progress.  The  preacher  must  keep  step  with  the  people 
and  make  himself  felt  in  all  political  questions  which  in- 
volve moral  issues.  The  address  was  earnest,  eloquent,  and 
not  lacking  in  humorous  scintillations,  while  its  broad,  pro- 
gressive spirit  won  golden  plaudits  from  his  hearers.  After 
the  singing  of  a  hymn  the  Rev.  Dr.  Liggett  spoke  graceful 
words  of  greeting  from  the  daughter  church,  of  which  he 
has  been  the  faithful  pastor  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a 
century.  Then  he  spoke  of  the  power  and  province  of  the 
pew,  and,  in  his  usual  dignified  and  earnest  way,  urged  upon 
all  loyalty  to  the  truth,  to  the  Church,  and  to  the  ministry. 


THE  STORY  OF  THE  JUBILEE.  l? 

in  carrying  out  religious  work  in  these  practical  days. 
The  pastor  is  the  leader,  but  the  faithful  co-operation  of 
the  people  he  serves  is  essential  to  his  efficiency.  Among 
the  duties  obligatory  on  "the  pew,"  Dr.  Liggett  named: 
Faithful  attendance  on  the  services  appointed  by  the 
Church  ;  co-operation  with  the  pastor  in  active  church 
work  ;  a  generous  financial  support  of  the  church,  and 
careful  guarding  against  thoughtless  criticism  of  a  pastor. 
Each  point  was  fully  and  forcibly  discussed,  nor  did  one  of 
the  vast  congregation  seem  weary  of  the  service,  which  had 
now  continued  for  more  than  two  hours  ;  many  remained 
standing  throughout,  while  the  church  was  taxed  to  its 
utmost  seating  capacity. 

This  memorable  service  was  brought  to  a  close  with 
prayer,  the  Doxology,  and  the  Apostolic  Benediction.  Its 
influence  will  long  be  felt  in  unforgetable  impressions  of 
truth  and  duty. 

Monday,  June  8. 

A  young  people's  rally  was  held  at  7.45  p.  m.,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  local  Christian  Endeavor  Union.  Mr.  F.  W. 
Mershon  presided.  The  devotional  exercises  were  con- 
ducted by  the  pastor  of  the  church,  and  Mr.  Henry  M. 
Woodruff  led  the  singing.  Interesting  papers  were  read  by 
Messrs.  Lanning,  White,  and  Ward,  on  practical  phases  of 
Christian  Endeavor  work.  Able  addresses  were  made  by 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Shermer,  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
of  Elizabeth,  and  Major  George  P.  Edgar  of  this  city.  A 
large  assembly  of  young  people  pledged  to  Christian  work 
was  present  at  this  service. 

Tuesday,  June  9. 
A  brighter  or  more  beautiful  day  never  dawned  than  that 


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which  witnessed  the  cuhiiinating  services  of  the  Jubilee  at 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church. 

The  pastors  and  congregations  of  the  city,  the  living 
ex-pastors  of  the  First  Church,  the  old  members  of  both 
the  Presbyterian  churches,  and  all  the  members  of  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Elizabeth  were  invited.  A  stage  was  run  from 
noon  to  night,  conveying  the  guests  to  and  fro  between  the 
station  and  the  church.  At  an  early  hour  an  eager  audi- 
ence began  to  assemble  within  the  historic  walls.  The 
presence  of  elderly  people  was  especially  marked. 

Promptly  at  3  p.  m.  the  notes  of  the  organ  broke  upon  the 
ears  of  the  assembled  congregation  under  the  touch  of  the 
efificient  organist.  Mr.  George  C.  Oliver. 

The  Rev.  G.  H.  Payson,  pastor  of  the  church,  and  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Mayham,  pastor  of  the  Second  Methodist  Church, 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Janeway  and  the  Rev.  E.  H.  Payson,  the  Rev. 
Drs.  Liggett,  Mott,  and  McNulty  occupied  the  platform. 

After  an  anthem  by  the  choir,  and  Scripture  sentences  by 
the  pastor,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mayham  offered  prayer. 

Hymn  No.  1149  was  sung  by  the  congregation,  after  which 
Mr.  Payson  made  a  brief  but  sincere  address  of  welcome, 
and  read  the  roll  of  pastors,  he  responding  to  the  names  of 
the  first  four  with  appropriate  words. 

It  was  a  remarkable  coincidence,  he  said,  that  the  first 
and  third  pastorates  were  the  longest,  the  second  and  fourth 
the  shortest  of  all.  The  Rev.  Aaron  Richards,  1748  to  1791 ; 
the  Rev.  Robert  H.  Chapman,  1797  to  1799  ;  the  Rev.  Buck- 
ley Carll,  1802  to  1826  and  the  Rev.  Alfred  Chester,  1826 
to  1829.  These  were  the  men  who  laid  the  foundations 
upon  which  their  successors  builded.  The  liberty  and  piety 
transmitted  by  them  are  our  glorious  heritage. 

He  then  introduced  the  Rev.  Dr.  Janeway,  whose  vener- 
able  appearance   made  a  deep  impression   upon  the   audi- 


THE  STORY  OF  THE  JUBILEE.  1 9 

ence,  as,  with  voice  trembling  with  emotion,  he  spoke  of 
his  pastorate  sixty  years  ago,  until,  overcome  by  his  feel- 
ings, he  was  compelled  to  sit  down.  Of  the  large  congre- 
gation to  which  he  ministered  in  the  flush  of  his  young 
manhood,  very,  very  few  were  present  to  greet  him  in  his 
old  age.      Dr.  Janeway  was  pastor  from  1829  to  1840. 

Mr.  Joseph  Avery  sang  a  tenor  solo  at  the  close  of  Dr. 
Janeway's  address. 

The  Rev.  Charles  K.  Imbrie,  D.  D.,  pastor  from  1841  to 
1852,  was  to  have  been  the  next  speaker,  but  the  sudden 
death  of  his  brother  on  the  preceding  day  precluded  his 
coming,  and  Mr.  Payson  read  a  telegram  from  him,  convey- 
ing his  regrets.  Great  disappointment  was  felt  among  the 
audience,  and  deep  sympathy  expressed  for  him  in  this 
second  bereavement,  his  brother's  death  following  so  closely 
that  of  his  wife. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  George  S.  Mott,  of  Flemington,  responded 
in  a  graceful  and  eloquent  address  to  the  name  of  Dr. 
Sheddan,  pastor  from  1852  to  1874. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  M.  McNulty,  D.  D.,  of  Woodbridge, 
read  a  well-written,  just  and  touching  tribute  to  the  memory 
of  Dr.  Pomeroy,  pastor  from  1875  to  1884. 

The  Rev.  William  Alfred  Gay,  pastor  from  1885  to  1889, 
sent  a  brief  but  eloquent  greeting  from  Corry,  Pa.,  which 
was  read  by  the  pastor  and  well  received  by  the  people. 
After  singing  and  prayer  the  memorial  service  was  closed 
and  the  congregation  dismissed  with  the  Apostolic  Bene- 
diction of  *'  Grace,  mercy,  and  peace." 

It  was  an  impressive  and  memorable  occasion. 

The  clergy,  officers  of  the  church,  with  their  wives,  old  mem- 
bers of  the  First  and  Second  churces,  and  other  invited  guests 
then  repaired  to  the  lecture  room,  where  a  sumptuous  repast 
was  spread  under  the  efficient  direction  of  the  Ladies'  Com- 


20  JUBILEE  SOUVENIR. 

mittee.  The  room  was  tastily  dressed  with  flags,  flowers, 
and  ferns.  Four  tables  were  bountifully  spread.  The  well- 
known  hospitality  of  this  church  was  never  more  fully  ex- 
emplified than  on  this  occasion.  The  correspondent  for 
the  New  York  Evangelist  said  :  "  It  would  have  done  credit 
to  some  of  the  famous  banquets  provided  by  New  York's 
prominent  chefs."  Too  much  credit  cannot  be  given  to  the 
ladies  and  their  assistants  for  their  earnest  and  successful 
efforts. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  our  artist  did  not  photograph 
the  supper  as  well  as  the  upper  room.  But  the  picture 
lingers  in  the  memory  of  everyone  present. 

The  Rev.  George  H.  Payson,  pastor  of  the  church,  pre- 
sided at  the  center  table,  Mr.  M.  T.  Gay,  President  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  sitting  at  the  opposite  end.  At  Mr. 
Payson's  right  was  seated  the  Rev.  Dr.  Janeway  ;  on  the 
left  his  venerable  father.  Rev.  E.  H.  Payson.  On  Mr.  Gay's 
right  sat  the  Hon.  William  Chamberlain,  Mayor  of  the  city,  on 
his  right,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Rollinson,  pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church. 

The  rest  of  the  table  was  devoted  to  the  ministers  of 
Rahway  and  adjoining  towns  with  their  wives. 

This  table  was  daintily  decorated  in  green  and  white. 
Pond  lilies  nestled  their  waxen  beauty  in  a  bed  of  green 
and  white  leaves  ;  snowy  magnolias  exhaled  their  sweet- 
ness from  dainty  green  vases,  and  exquisite  ferns  lent  a 
garniture  of  beauty  all  their  own. 

On  the  right  was  the  pink  table,  whose  rosy  beauty  found 
a  living  embodiment  in  the  fair  young  rosebuds  who  graced 
it  in  their  character  of  waitresses.  At  this  table  were  seated 
the  elders  and  trustees  with  their  wives  and  friends. 

To  the  left  glittered  a  yellow  table,  where  golden  butter- 
cups reared  their  graceful  heads  and  slender  grasses  nodded. 
This  table  was  occupied  by  the  invited  guests. 


THE  STOK  Y  OF  THE  JUBILEE.  2 1 

A  fourth  table,  devoted  to  the  choir,  ushers,  and  others, 
was  decorated  in  blue  and  crimson. 

Among  the  guests  present,  not  already  mentioned,  were 
the  Rev.  Drs.  Liggett  and  McNulty,  with  their  wives;  the  Rev. 
Messrs.  Mayham,  Hayes,  and  Rollinson  of  this  city,  and  their 
wives  ;  the  Rev.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cobb  of  Elizabeth  ;  the  Rev. 
Drs.  Mason  and  Teal ;  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Cadwell,  Blauvelt, 
and  Buckle  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  Mooney,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  H. 
Shaffer,  the  Misses  Edgar,  Mrs.  Tichenor,  Mrs.  Schnediker, 
Mrs.  Fithian,  the  Misses  Woodruff,  Miss  Ayres,  Messrs. 
H.   B.  Rollinson,  Jonathan   Woodruff,  Geo.  B.  Edgar,  and 

many  others. 

At  the  different  tables,  arrayed  in  garments  of  spotless 
white,  each  wearing  the  "  colors"  of  her  table,  were  the 
following  young  ladies,  who  assiduously  looked  after  the 
wants  of  each  guest  :  Pink  :  Misses  Eva  Oliver,  May  Car- 
man, Lizzie  Weber,  Harriet  Williams,  LiUie  McKenzie,  and 
Emily  Shotwell.  Green  :  Misses  Lizzie  Freeman,  Fannie 
Woodruff,  Alice  Gay,  Maggie  Dunham,  Nettie  Halliday, 
Mrs  L.  D.  Terrill.  Yellow:  Misses  Mae  Urmston,  Mamie 
Baumgartner,  Addie  Weldon,  Alice  Potter,  Maggie  Halli- 
day, Mrs.  Fred.  Martin.  Just  before  the  dinner  was  fin- 
ished, Masters  Herbert  Gay,  Jamie  Waters,  and  Walter  Ter- 
rill, each  dressed  in  becoming  suits  of  white,  acting  as 
pages,  presented  every  guest  with  a  souvenir  of  the  event,  in 
the  shape  of  a  white  silk  badge,  bearing  in  golden  letters 
the  word  "  Ebenezer,"  and  the   figures  1741  above  and  1891 

below. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  repast  Rev.  Mr.  Payson  rapped 
for  order,  and  announced  that  now  would  come  the  ''feast 
of  reason  and  flow  of  soul"  and  named  M.  T.  Gay,  Esq., 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  as  toast  master,  who 
presided  with  his  wonted  grace  over  the  postprandial  festiv- 


2  2  JUBILEE  SOUVENIR. 

ities.  After  a  brief  address  Mr.  Gay  announced  the  various 
toasts  and  introduced  the  different  speakers,  each  of  whom 
responded  in  fitting  terms. 

The  Rev.  E.  H.  Payson  was  the  first  speaker,  and  made 
a  witty  and  appropriate  address  on  **  Ye  Church  of  Ye 
Olden  Time." 

Dr.  Janeway  also  spoke  to  this  toast. 

Dr.  Mason  responded  to  *'  The  Church  of  To-Day." 

The  Rev.  Messrs.  Rollinson  and  Mayham  represented 
''  Our  Sister  Churches,"  and  Major  George  P.  Edgar  "  The 
Daughter  Church." 

"  The  Church  Organizations  "  found  an  able  advocate  in 
John  R,  Morss,  one  of  the  trustees,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Blau- 
velt  evoked  laughter  and  applause  as  he  gracefully  toasted 
"  The  Ladies." 

As  the  church  bell  was  ringing,  speechmaking  was  brought 
to  a  close,  and  after  singing  "  Auld  Lang  Syne,"  all  repaired 
to  the  church  for  the  evening  service. 

An  audience  had  gathered  which  again  filled  the  old 
First  Church  to  overflowing.  The  following  clergymen 
occupied  the  platform  with  the  pastor :  The  Rev.  Messrs. 
Teal,  Richards,  Cadwell,  Hayes,  Buckle,  and  Cobb.  The 
chorus  was  further  augmented  by  the  presence  of  Mrs.  G. 
H.  Payson  and  Mrs.  John  R.  Morss.  This  service  was  de- 
signed to  be  of  a  popular  and  practical  nature.  It  was 
opened  with  an  anthem  and  "call  to  worship."  The  Rev. 
Mr.  Hayes,  pastor  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
offered  prayer,  which  was  followed  by  the  choir  chanting 
the  Lord's  Prayer,  the  congregation  remaining  with  bowed 
heads.  Then  all,  standing,  read  responsively  the  97th 
Psalm,  and  sang  "  Glory  to  the  Father,  and  to  the  Son  and 
to  the  Holy  Ghost." 

The   Rev.  William  R.  Richards,  pastor  of  the  Crescent 


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Avenue  Presbyterian  Church,  of  PJainfield,  then  spoke  on 
"  Christian  Liberality ''  with  his  natural  grace  and  lucid 
diction. 

*'  Christian  Liberality  is  a  subject,"  said  the  speaker, 
"  never  more  important  than  to-day,  because  money  is  more 
used  in  all  the  relations  of  life  than  ever  before  ;  each  man 
now  perfecting  himself  in  some  one  department,  and  paying 
others  to  do  other  things  for  him.  So  it  must  be  in  the 
Christian  enterprise." 

He  then  quoted  three  texts  to  hang  these  thoughts  from  : 

(i.)  "I  will  not  give  unto  the  Lord  of  that  which  cost 
me  nothing."  Even  so  long  ago  David  reached  a  standard 
of  liberality  that  we  do  well  to  emulate. 

(2.)  "  Why  did  you  not  give  my  money  to  the  bankers  ?" 
The  Lord  in  the  parable  does  not  rebuke  the  self-distrustful 
servant  because  he  had  not  traded  like  his  more  adventurous 
companions,  and  gained  manifold.  He  does  rebuke  him 
that  he  had  not  invested  the  money  in  the  bank,  v/here 
others  would  take  the  risk  and  he  make  sure  of  some 
moderate  profit.  The  organized  activities  of  the  Church  are 
a  spiritual  bank,  for  those  of  us  who  distrust  our  independ- 
ent ability  for  such  work  as  Mr.  Moody  does,  or  David 
Livingstone. 

(3.)  *'  He  shall  show  you  a  large  upper  room,  furnished." 
The  messengers  were  told  to  ask  only  for  the  "  guest-cham- 
ber," or  hallway,  the  place  where  sandals  and  robes  would 
be  laid  aside  ;  but  the  householder,  with  ready  hospitality, 
would  make  haste  to  give  the  large  upper  room,  the  best  in 
the  house,  even  if  he  and  his  must  sup  in  the  hallway.  Give 
the  Lord  the  first,  not  the  last.  The  first  of  time,  strength, 
money,  love. 

After  his  address  Mrs.  Payson  and  Mr.  Avery  sang  a 
duet,  *'  The  Lord  is  My  Light,"  that  came  in  sweetly  be- 


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tween  *' Christian  Liberality  "  and  "Christian  Unity."  The 
latter  subject  was  earnestly  and  eloquently  handled  by  the 
Rev.  N.  W.  Caldwell  of  Westfield,  and  was  appropriately 
followed  by  the  hymn  sung  by  the  congregation,  "  Blest  Be 
the  Tie  that  Binds." 

The  Rev.  John  W.  Teal,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  the  Westmin- 
ster Church  of  Elizabeth,  spoke  on  "  Christian  Evangelism  ;  " 
clearly,  concisely,  disclosing  the  conditions,  the  needs,  and 
the  measures  by  which  the  vast  problem  of  saving  the 
masses   must   be   solved. 

After  an  exquisitely  rendered  anthem  by  the  choir, 
"  Hark,  Hark,  My  Soul,"  and  prayer  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Buckle,  of  Elizabeth,  the  congregation  rose,  and  the 
Jubilee  service  was  closed  with  the  Doxology  and  the  Apos- 
tolic Benediction,  which  the  Rev.  E.  B.  Cobb  of  Elizabeth 
pronounced. 

Wednesday,  June  lo. 

The  three  days'  religious  services  were  followed  on  Wed- 
nesday evening  by  a  church  sociable  in  the  Sabbath  school 
rooms.  Several  hundred  of  the  members  of  the  church 
and  congregation  gathered  together  and  spent  the  evening 
in  congratulations  and  anticipations.  Sociability  was  spon- 
taneous. Everyone  was  happy.  The  Jubilee  had  been  a 
grand  success. 

After  refreshments  were  served  impromptu  speeches  were 
made  by  Mr.  William  V.  McKenzie,  the  senior  elder,  and 
by  the  Pastor  of  the  church,  in  which  unstinted  praise  was 
justly  given  to  the  different  committees  who  had  so  faith- 
fully fulfilled  their  various  duties.  These  committees  were 
composed  as  follows  : 

Arrangements. — Rev.  G.  H.  Payson,  M.  T.  Gay,  C  R. 
Oliver,  J.  C.  Waters,  W.  V,  McKenzie,  and  W.  C.  Terrill. 


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Decoration. — Mrs.  C.  R.  Oliver,  Miss  Emma  Shotwell, 
Messrs.  Thomas  Kidd  and  George  C.  Wilkins. 

Music. — Messrs.  John-  R.  Morss,  John  Williams,  and 
Joseph    Avery. 

Entertainment.— yix^.  G.  H.  Payson,  Mrs.  Ann  Terrill, 
Mrs.  M.  T.  Gay,  Mrs.  C.  R.  Oliver,  Mrs.  Ira  Bull,  Mrs.  E. 
C.  Carman,  Mrs.  John  Weldon,  and  the  Misses  Minnie 
Williams,  Maggie  Oliver,  Mary  Shotwell,  and  Louise  Urm- 
ston. 

Invitation. — Rev.  G.  H.  Payson  and  John  R.  Morss. 

Jubilee  Souvenir. — Rev.  G.  H.  Payson,  M.  1\  Gay,  John 
R.  Morss,  J.  C.  Waters. 

Many  others  unofficially  but  not  unwillingly  lent  helpful 
service,  wherever  it  was  needful. 

Thus,  with  fragrant  flowers  and  sweet  songs,  with  tender 
recollections  and  noble  inspirations,  the  old  First  Church  of 
Rahway  marks  an  epoch  in  its  history,  and  goes  on  its  way 
rejoicing.  Free  from  debt,  fired  with  hope,  united,  har- 
monious, active,  may  its  glorious  past  prove  the  earnest  of  a 
far  more  glorious  future,  as  heart  with  heart  and  hand  in 
hand,  pastor  and  people,  sorrow  and  joy,  hope  and  pray, 
toil  and  triumph,  in  the  blessed  service  of  the  Christ,  "  Till 
He  Come." 


SERMON. 

By  the  Rev.  George  Hubbard  Payson,  delivered  in 
THE  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Rahway,  N.  J., 
June  7,  1891. 

Theme  :    "  Our  Church  Fast  and  Present'' 

Text:  ''He  Thanked  God  and  Took  Courage.''  Acts,  xxviii,  15. 

Thus  Paul  on  his  way  to  Rome,  meeting  his  brethren  at 
the  Appii  Forum,  gave  thanks  and  took  heart,  as  God  led 
him  on. 

The  twofold  sentiment  of  the  text  is  timely.  This  anni- 
versary occasion  calls  for  gratitude  and  courage.  It  marks 
an  epoch  in  the  history  of  our  church.  One  hundred  and 
fifty  years  of  toil  and  triumph  lie  behind,  untold  possibilities 
before.  Friends  clasp  hands  to-day  in  friendly  salutation. 
Past  and  present  meet  together  ;  memory  and  hope  kiss 
each  other.  Gratefully  we  glance  backward,  my  dearly 
beloved,  bravely  we  look  ahead  as  God  leads  us  on. 

Many  memories  evoke  our  gratitude  for  the  past. 

I.  The  origin  of  this  historic  church  suggests  thankful 
thoughts.  It  was  born  in  a  revival.  The  Holy  Spirit,  like 
a  dove,  brooded  over  its  cradle.  The  infant  church  was 
baptized  with  the  Holy  Ghost.  The  exact  date  of  its  birth 
is  uncertain,  since  the  early  church  records  are  lost  ;  but 
there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  the  church  organization 
was  effected  before  the  church  building  was  erected.  This 
was  in  the  winter  of  1741  and  1742.  Hitherto  the  residents 
of  Rahway  attended  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  EHza- 

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Rev.  Thomas  I.etper  Janeway, 
D.  D.,  LL.  D. 


SERMON.  27 

beth.  Fancy  our  going  so  far  now  !  That  church  was  the 
mother  of  all  the  Presbyterian  churches  in  the  township, 
which  included  Union  County  and  parts  of  five  adjoining 
counties.  The  Rev.  Jonathan  Dickinson,  D.  D.,  was  its 
pastor,  and  during  his  pastorate  occurred  the  widespread 
work  of  grace  which  resulted  in  the  organization  of  this 
church  and  the  erection  of  a  house  of  worship  one  hundred 
and  fifty  years  ago.  That  building  was  historic.  It  stood 
on  the  cemetery  grounds  near  the  entrance.  Some  of  you 
remember  it — not  many.  Its  rough-hewn  floors  and  shingled 
walls  echoed  the  steps  and  re-echoed  the  praises  of  our  fore- 
fathers, while  the  storm  clouds  of  war  gathered  ;  its  weather- 
stained,  cock-crowned  spire  kept  silent  guard  over  their 
peaceful  graves,  where  the  snows  of  many  winters  have 
blown  and  the  flowers  of  many  summers  bloomed,  as  "  Time 
rolls  his  ceaseless  course."  For  the  sturdy  character  of  those 
devout  worshipers  in  that  ancient  church  we  give  thanks 
to-day.  Three  elements  composed  that  primitive  con- 
gregation :  Puritan,  Covenanter,  and  Quaker.  They  were 
diverse  in  character,  yet  one  in  their  love  for  freedom  and 
tlieir  faith  in  God.  Both  liberty  and  piety  are  the  heritage 
they  bequeathed  to  us.  Plain  living  and  high  thinking  char- 
acterized those  olden  times.  For  all  that  was  devout  and 
patriotic,  brave,  unselfish,  true,  in  those  men  and  women, 
who  established  this  church  a  century  and  a  half  ago,  we 
give  thanks  to-day.     Ours  is  a  noble  inheritance. 

2.  The  line  of  faithful  pastors  calls  for  gratitude.  There 
have  been  ten,  with  an  average  service  of  fifteen  years.  The 
shortest  was  three  years,  the  longest  three-and-forty.  We 
should  "  count  time  by  heart-throbs,  not  by  figures  on  a 
dial,"  and  though  a  short  pastorate  may  prove  signally  suc- 
cessful, yet  it  is  gratifying  in  these  changeful  days  to  recall 
a  union  of  pastors  and  people  long  and  lasting.     The  church 


2  8  JUBILEE  SOUVENIR. 

from  the  start  was  Presbyterian.  This  is  noteworthy,  for 
many  of  the  neighboring  churches  were  originally  Congrega- 
tional or  Independent,  subsequently  adopting  the  Presby- 
terian form  of  government.  The  church  when  organized 
belonged  to  the  Presbytery  of  New  York,  which  then  in- 
cluded East  Jersey  and  Long  Island. 

The  Rev.  Aaron  Richards  was  its  first  pastor.  He  was 
ordained  and  installed  November  15,  1748.  Hitherto  the 
pulpit  of  the  newly  organized  church  had  been  supplied  by 
the  Rev.  Messrs.  Cleverly,  Grant,  Strong,  and  Watkins.  The 
first  pastorate  was  the  longest.  It  covered  the  trying  period 
of  the  Revolution,  which  imperiled  the  existence  of  the 
church  and  the  safety  of  the  people,  and  tested  both  the 
patriotism  and  piety  of  the  pastor.  With  pardonable  pride 
we  point  to  the  monument  in  our  cemetery  erected  to  the 
memory  of  Abraham  Clark — one  of  the  worshipers  in  this 
church,  and  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence, the  "  Magna  Charta  "  of  our  freedom.  It  is  im- 
possible to  overestimate  the  heroic  zeal  of  that  first  third  of 
our  church's  history.  Nor  is  it  strange  that  the  naturally 
buoyant  spirit  of  the  pastor  became  depressed  and  melan- 
choly in  those  days  that  tried  men's  souls.  Why,  to  success- 
fully conduct  the  affairs  of  the  average  church  in  times  of 
peace  requires  the  meekness  of  Moses,  the  patience  of 
Job,  the  courage  of  John  the  Baptist,  and  the  independence 
of  Paul. 

The  pastoral  relation  between  Mr.  Richards  and  the 
church  was  dissolved  in  1791,  having  lasted  forty-three 
years.  He  died  May  16,  1793,  in  the  seventy-fifth  year  of 
his  age,  and  was  buried  in  the  church  cemetery,  close  to  the 
spot  where  for  more  than  t<vo-score  years  he  had  preached 
the  blessed  Gospel  of  the  Son  of  God. 

Mr.    Richards's  pastorate  was  followed  by  five  years    of 


sERMoy.  29 

stated    supplies    by    the    Rev.    Messrs.    Cooly,    Cook,    and 

others. 

The  Rev.  Robert  Hett  Chapman  was  the  second  pastor, 
but  after  three  years  of  discouraging  labor,  caused  by  the 
disasters  of  war,  the  destruction  of  wealth,  and  the  unfortu- 
nate effects  of  the  long  preceding  vacancy,  he  resigned  his 
charge.     Mr.  Chapman  died  in  1833. 

After    three  years  vacancy  the   Rev.   Buckley  Carll   was 
called  to  the  pulpit,  and  served  the  church  for  twenty-three 
years,  the  second  longest  pastorate.     He  was  fervent,  faith- 
ful, and  "  passing  rich  on  forty  pounds  a  year."     Personally 
eccentric,   physically   infirm,  controversial,  severe,  yet  zeal- 
ous and  earnest,  he  raised   both  the   material   and  spiritual 
condition  of  the  church  to  a  higher  plane.     Several  revivals 
took  place  during  his  ministry,  which  extended  till  1826.     It 
was  succeeded  by  a  controversy,  which  never  helps  but  always 
hurts  the  cause  of  Christ,  which  is  ''  righteousness  and  peace." 
The  following  month  the  Rev.  Alfred  Chester  was  ordained 
and  installed,  but  continued  as  pastor  less  than  three  years, 
his  pastorate  ending  in  1829. 

The  same  year  the  Rev.  Thomas  L.  Janeway  became  pas- 
tor of  the  church  and  served  it  faithfully  for  eleven  years. 
Many  important  events  occurred  during  his  ministry.     The 
hour  for  the  second  service  was  changed  from  afternoon  to 
evening  ;  the   Society  of  Friends  and  the   First  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church   were    organized  ;  and   the    new    church 
building  in   which   we  worship  was  erected,  also  the  manse 
adjoining,    at    a    total    cost    of    about    $18,000.     The   new 
church  was  dedicated  to  the  worship  of  God,   February  5, 
1832.     The    Rev.     Samuel     Miller,    D.     D.,    of    Princeton, 
preached  in   the   morning,   Rev.   J.  J.   Janeway,    D.   D.,   of 
Philadelphia  in  the  afternoon,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  McDonnell, 
of  Elizabeth  in  the  evening. 


30  JUBILEE  SOUVEhTIR. 

Marked  as  was  the  material  growth  during  Dr.  Janeway's 
pastorate  the  spiritual  advancement  was  greater  still.  Sev- 
eral gracious  revivals  attended  his  ministry.  The  greatest 
was  in  1834,  when  157  united  with  the  church  upon  a  con- 
fession of  their  faith,  sixty  adults  being  baptized  at  one  ser- 
vice, while  the  infidelity  and  immorality  that  reigned  in  the 
community  were  largely  overthrown.  Three  hundred  and 
eighty-nine  members  were  added  to  the  church  under  Dr. 
Janeway's  pastorate,  262  by  confession,  127  by  certificate  ; 
an  average  of  35  a  year. 

■  November  17,  1840,  the  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved, 
Dr.  Janeway  having  accepted  a  call  to  the  North  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Philadelphia,  where  he  has  since  resided 
and  still  lives,  having  received  many  honors  from  the  church, 
and  vvaiting  for  the  highest  honor  from  Christ — the  crown 
of  glory  ''  that  fadeth  not  away." 

He  was  succeeded  the  following  month  by  the  Rev. 
Charles  K.  Imbrie,  who  had  just  graduated  from  Princeton, 
and  who  also  served  the  church  faithfully  for  eleven  years, 
when  he  was  called  to  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Jersey  City.  His  pastorate  was  marked  with  steady  growth 
from  year  to  year,  1842  and  1843  being  especially  blessed. 
The  causes  of  missions  and  systematic  beneficence  were 
faitiifully  furthered  under  his  ministry.  One  of  the  most 
important  events  in  the  history  of  the  church  occurred  dur- 
ing Dr.  Imbrie's  pastorate.  I  refer  to  the  organization  of 
the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  this  city.  Dr.  Pomeroy 
writes:  ''One  of  the  most  delightful  things  that  can  be 
found  in  the  records  of  this  church  is  the  exhibition  of  mag- 
nanimity, Christian  brotherhood,  and  wise  policy  that  is 
shown  in  this  transaction."  The  happy  and  peaceful  sepa- 
ration took  place  November  9,  1849,  when  fifty-five  members 
of  this  church,  at    their  own    request,  were   dismissed    by 


Rev.  Charles  K.   Lmbrie,  D.  D. 


SERMOA\  31 

the  session  to  constitute  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church. 
Twenty  of  tliese  original  members  are  living,  and  are  in- 
vited to  celebrate  with  us  our  Jubilee  on  Tuesday  next. 
The  Second  Church  has  now  had  a  life  and  history  of  its 
own  for  more  than  forty  years.  The  child  has  outgrown 
her  parent,  and  to-night  Dr.  Liggett,  the  faithful  pastor  for 
twenty-six  and  a  half  years,  brings  a  daughter's  kindly 
greeting  to  her  venerable  Piother.  May  the  pleasant  rela- 
tions now  existing  never  cease,  is  our  prayer  to-day! 

The  seventh  pastor  of  this  cliurch  was  the  Rev.  Samuel 
S.  Sheddan,  D.  D.,  who  was  called  within  a  month  after  Dr. 
Imbrie  resigned.  He  was  recommended  by  Dr.  Janeway, 
who  also  preached  the  sermon  at  his  installation,  while  Dr. 
Imbrie  presided  at  the  congregational  meeting  which  ten- 
dered him  the  call,  and  gave  the  charge  to  the  people  at  the 
installation  service.  Not  always,  alas  !  do  churches  thus 
hold  in  kindly  regard  and  loyal  affection  their  former  pas- 
tors. During  Dr.  Sheddan's  pastorate  of  twenty-two  years 
150  were  received  into  the  church  by  confession  and  184  by 
certificate.  But  it  must  be  remembered,  in  measuring  the 
growth  of  the  church  during  the  last  three  pastorates,  that 
the  conditions  were  materially  changed  from  the  days  of 
Dr.  Janeway  and  Dr.  Imbrie.  The  field  had  been  narrowed 
by  the  organization  of  the  Second  Church  and  other  evan- 
gelical churches  here,  as  well  as  those  in  Cranford,  Roselle, 
and  Linden  ;  while  the  population  of  Rahway  has  been 
nearly  stagnant,  or  slowly  decreasing  for  the  last  forty  years. 

During  the  latter  part  of  Dr.  Sheddan's  pastorate  exten- 
sive improvements  were  made,  both  within  and  without  the 
church  ;  the  Sabbath  schoolroom  was  remodeled,  the  iron 
fence  and  stone  platform  erected  in  front  of  the  building. 

Dr.  Sheddan's  pastorate  was  dissolved  by  his  death,  Oc- 
tober 18,  1874.     This  church  and  community,  his  brethren 


32  JUBILEE  SOUVENIR. 

in  Presbytery  and  Synod,  hold  in  tender  recollection  the 
fragrant  memory  of  his  long  and  faithful  service.  Many  of 
you  were  led  to  Christ  by  his  gentle  ministry.  Most  of  this 
congregation  remember  well  the  last  sad  rite  when  your 
beloved  pastor  lay  dead  here,  where,  for  nearly  a  quarter  of 
a  century,  he  had  preached  the  living  Christ,  who  conquered 
death  and  brought  "life  and  immortality  to  light."  Dr. 
Sheddan  was  buried  in  the  church  cemetery,  where  so  many 
of  his  people  sleep,  to  wake  with  him  at  the  dawning  of 
that  day  that  has  no  night.  His  portrait  hangs  in  the  lec- 
ture-room, and  underneath  his  kindly  face  the  pastor's  fare- 
well message  to  his  session  and  people,  a  model  of  the  grace 
of  simple  composition  and  sincere  affection.  "  He  being 
dead  still  speaketh." 

After  several  months  of  supplies  the  church  extended  a 
call  to  the  Rev.  J.  J.  Pomeroy,  D.  D.,  who  became  the 
eighth  pastor  of  the  church.  Dr.  Imbrie  preached  the  ser- 
mon at  his  installation.  In  the  first  year  of  his  pastorate  a 
project  was  started  which  resulted  in  the  bright  and  beauti- 
ful auditorium  in  which  we  are  gathered — thrice  beautiful 
and  bright  to-day.  The  church  thus  remodeled  and  adorned 
was  rededicated  to  the  worship  of  God  November  3,  1876, 
when  Dr.  Imbrie  preached  the  sermon  and  Dr.  Janeway  made 
the  rededication  prayer.  Dr.  Kempshall  tendered  the  greet- 
ing from  the  mother  church  and  Dr.  Liggett  from  the  daugh- 
ter church,  as  we  expect  them  to  do  again  to-night. 

Dr.  Pomeroy  was  called  to  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  and  the 
pastoral  relation  dissolved  April  2,  1884.  He  died  there 
December  i,  1889. 

By  a  singular  coincidence  it  fell  to  me,  on  the  first  Sab- 
bath I  ever  preached  in  this  church,  at  the  close  of  the 
evening  sermon,  to  announce  his  death  to  this  congregation, 
to  whom  it  came  as  a  great  surprise  and  a  painful  sorrow. 


SERMON.  33 

Resolutions  were  adopted,  and  a  committee  appointed  to 
attend  his  funeral.  On  the  evening  of  December  8,  a  memo- 
rial service  was  held  in  this  church,  conducted  by  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Liggett,  who  delivered  a  touching  and  eloquent  eulogy 
in  memory  of  his  life-long  friend.  Dr.  Pomeroy's  name  is 
familiar  as  a  household  word  in  this  congregation.  His 
sterling  manhood  commanded  the  respect  of  the  entire  com- 
munity. His  sensitive,  sympathetic  nature  made  him  a  pas- 
tor dearly  beloved,  the  memory  of  whose  manly  face,  noble 
form,  and  unblemished  character  is  a  precious  heritage  to 
this  people  who  still  feel  the  touch  of  his  honest  hand  and 
the  throb  of  his  loyal  heart. 

His  seemingly  untimely  death,  should  ever  keep  us,  my 
beloved  brethren,  from  doing  the  disloyal  act,  speaking  the 
unfriendly  word,  or  even  cherishing  the  unloving  thought, 
that  would  cause  us  needless  pain  now,  or  futile  regret  by 
and  by. 

After  an  interval  of  six  months  the  church  extended  a 
call  to  the  Rev.  William  Alfred  Gay,  who  became  its  ninth 
pastor,  and  sustained  the  reputation  of  this  historic  pulpit 
by  his  gifted  eloquence  and  varied  talents.  Mr.  Gay  re- 
signed this  charge  in  August,  1888,  to  accept  a  call  to  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Corry,  Pa.,  after  a  pastorate  of 
four  years. 

A  year  and  a  half  of  supplies  followed. 

In  October,  1889,  a  call  was  tendered  to  the  Rev.  George 
Hubbard  Payson,  of  Newtown,  Long  Island,  who  accepted 
the  call  and  began  his  ministry  here  with  the  beginning  of 
the  New  Year,  January  i,  1890.  Of  the  duration  and 
results  of  this  pastoral  union,  some  future  historian  will 
write.  Our  lives,  beloved,  our  thoughts  and  words  and  acts, 
will  color  that  record,  contributing  to  its  final  success  or 
failure,  and  causing  sorrow  or  joy  as  the  years  go  by. 


34  JUBILEE  SOUVENIR. 

When  Moses  died  Joshua  took  his  place.  When  Elijah 
was  translated  his  mantle  fell  on  Elisha.  So  the  unbroken 
line  of  pastors  of  this  flock  attests  its  faithful  care  by  the 
Great  Shepherd  and  Bishop  of  our  souls.  As  we  call  that 
roll  to-day,  six  of  whose  names  are  starred,  and  think  of 
their  faithful  service,  we  "thank  God  and  take  courage." 

3.  But  it  is  easier  to  preach  than  to  practice.  The  pew  as 
well  as  the  pulpit  measures  the  power  and  influence  of  the 
church.  The  people  share  with  the  pastors  the  responsibility 
of  success  or  failure.  Moses  could  not  have  stemmed  the  tide 
of  battle  and  saved  Israel,  had  not  Aaron  and  Hur  held  up 
his  hands.  Paul  could  not  have  successfully  conducted 
the  affairs  of  the  churches  without  Silas  and  Barnabas,  his 
fellow-laborers,  Tryphena  and  Triphosa  also,  "  those  women 
who  helped  him  in  the  Lord." 

For  the  Christian  virtues  developed  in  the  people  by  the 
preaching  of  the  word  and  tlie  renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
we  give  thanks  to-day. 

The  life  of  this  church  has  been  manifested  in  various 
forms  of  organized  activity,  which  call  for  grateful  men- 
tion. The  boards  of  elders,  deacons,  and  trustees,  have 
been  composed  of  men  faithful  and  true.  The  Sabbath 
School  has  played  a  noble  part  in  the  church's  work. 

Missions  have  called  forth  interest  and  zeal  in  three 
active  societies  which  should  have  ten-fold  increase  in  this 
missionary  age.  The  Ladies'  Sewing  Society  has  done  a 
work  whose  success  should  keep  the  needle  flying  in  time  to 
come. 

The  Ladies'  Association  deserves  unstinted  praise  for  what 
it  has  accomplished  in  canceling  the  debt  of  the  church, 
and  other  useful  measures.  Yet  it  should  not  rest  on  its 
laurels,  but  seek  for  wider  fields  and  pastures  new. 

And  now,  when  the  division  of  labor  calls  for  so  much 


SERMON.  35 

specific  work,  we  have  the  earnest,  zealous  Society  of  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  and  the  faithful  Daughters  of  the  King. 

For  every  act  of  charity  and  self-denial  which  this  church 
has  wrought  through  its  various  organizations,  we  give 
thanks  to-day. 

But,  after  all,  it  is  the  individual  character  that  the 
Church  of  Christ  is  building.  For  the  Christian  manhood, 
strong  and  sterling,  for  the  Christian  womanhood,  pure 
and  patient,  for  all  the  graces  of  the  Divine  character 
here  reflected  in  human  lives,  we  praise  God  with  one  ac- 
cord. 

Oh,  it  is  the  unwritten  history  that  tells  the  true  life  and 
power  of  the  church  !  What  temptations  have  been  man- 
fully resisted,  what  sorrows  patiently  endured,  what  duties 
faithfully  performed  as  the  years  went  by  ! 

How  many  sins  have  been  conquered,  how  many  strifes 
have  been  subdued,  how  many  souls  saved,  as  the  fruits  of 
the  Spirit — love,  joy,  peace — have  ripened  at  the  touch  of 
God  ! 

It  is,  my  brother  men,  the  purity  of  your  lives  that  measures 
the  power  of  this  church. 

4.  I  am  reminded  by  the  figures  on  the  dial-plate  of  time, 
that  it  is  not  only  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  since  our 
church  was  organized,  but  that  it  is  sixty  years  since  this 
church  building  was  erected,  and  it  calls  for  grateful  mention 
to-day. 

To  most  of  this  congregation  the  present  church  edifice 
is  the  only  one  they  can  remember.  Here  many  of  you 
were  baptized,  here  you  confessed  Christ  before  men  ;  here 
you  have  had  the  noblest  thoughts  and  impulses  of  your 
lives  ;  here  you  have  drawn  close  to  God  ;  here  you  have 
felt  the  touch  of  his  spirit,  here  received  the  baptism  of 
his  grace,  here  experienced  the  inspiration  of  his  love. 


;^6  JUBILEE  SOUVENIR. 

In  these  pews  you  have  felt  most  tenderly  the  burden 
of  grief,  as  the  preacher  has  touched  the  chords  that 
sung  responsively  in  your  heavy-laden  souls.  Here  you 
have  felt  most  graciously  the  thrill  of  joy,  as  your  heart  has 
answered  the  call  of  duty  and  the  voice  of  Jesus. 

Here  envy  and  resentment  have  been  hushed,  as  Christ  has 
rebuked  the  thought  of  evil.  Here  selfishness  and  bigotry 
have  been  crushed,  as  the  Gospel  of  Christ  has  ennobled 
your  souls  and  enlarged  your  vision. 

The  most  precious  memories  are  here  evoked,  as  you  re- 
call the  faces  and  forms  of  those  who  sat  with  you  and  sang 
praise  to  God  in  his  courts  below — and  are  now  safe  above, 
singing  the  "  new  song  "  before  the  throne,  in  the  ''  house 
not  made  with  hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens." 

Oh,  friends  !  earth's  aisles  are  thinning,  but  heaven's 
arches  are  filling.  Those  who  once  thronged  these  sacred 
scenes  are  thrilled  with  a  far  holier  service  now. 

We  give  thanks  to-day  for  the  sainted  dead.  Forever 
precious  to  your  souls,  beloved  are  the  associations  of  this 
house  of  God.  Oh,  if  these  walls  could  talk,  what  stories 
would  they  tell  of  sorrow  and  joy  which  make  up  this  pro- 
found mystery  we  call  life.  If  this  desk  could  speak,  what 
lessons  would  it  teach — not  only  of  this  life  with  its  sorrow 
and  sin,  but  of  that  life  where  every  problem  will  be  solved, 
every  mystery  disclosed,  sin  forgiven,  and  sorrow  forgotten, 
forever  more. 

This  building  is  sacred  to  the  most  precious  memories. 
This  place  is  hallowed  with  the  most  blessed  hopes.  This 
sanctuary  is  consecrated  to  the  noblest  act  in  which  man 
can  engage.  May  these  walls  never  be  desecrated  by  unholy 
thoughts,  or  unworthy  scenes. 

Here  let  God  be  worshiped  in  the  ''beauty  of  holiness." 

Here  let  truth  be  preached  in  the  divineness  of  its  power. 


SERMON.  37 

Here  "may  grace,  mercy,  and  peace  be  multiplied  unto  you 
abundantly."  Here  may  weary  worshipers  draw  near  to 
God  in  prayer  and  praise. 

Here  may  the  unholy  feel  the  burden  of  sin  unconfessed 
and  unforgiven.  Here  may  the  penitent  find  pardon  and 
peace  through  faith  in  Jesus.  Here  may  the  widowed  and 
orphaned  receive  comfort  and  strength,  as  their  desolate 
hearts  respond  to  the  word  of  Christ,  "  Come  unto  me  all 
ye  that  labor  and  are  heavy  laden,  and  I  will  give  you 
rest." 

Here  may  the  Christless  and  churchless  be  gathered  and 
the  Christ  be  honored,  as  his  word  is  preached  and  his 
sacraments  administered  in  the  years  to  come.  "  If  I  for- 
get thee,  oh  Jerusalem,  let  my  right  hand  forget  her  cun- 
ning. If  I  do  not  remember  thee,  let  my  tongue  cleave  to 
the  roof  of  my  mouth  ;  if  I  prefer  not  Jerusalem  above  my 
chief  joy." 

5.  But  you  are  waiting  for  me  to  mention  one  cause  for 
gratitude  which  gives  great  happiness  to-day  to  every 
member  of  this  congregation. 

A  cloud  has  hung  over  this  church  for  years.  Thank 
God  that  cloud  is  lifted  !  We  rejoice  to-day  because  our 
church  is  free  from  debt,  and  we  honor  the  self-denying  toil 
which  has  realized  this  devoutly  longed-for  consummation. 

Whoever  has  contributed  to  this  result  deserves  a  por- 
tion of  the  credit  due  to  all.  We  would  not  discriminate. 
But  those  who  have  toiled  most  patiently  in  the  darkness  of 
the  bondage,  rejoice  most  heartily  in  the  light  of  liberty.  I 
desire  in  a  single  word  to  pay  the  just  tribute  of  praise  to 
the  prayerful,  patient,  persevering  efforts  of  the  women  of 
this  church  in  their  heroic  struggle,  which  to-day  is  crowned 
with  victory  ;  while  we  cannot  forget  that  the  glory  of  their 
achievement  is   shared   by  the   men,  whose    generous  gifts 


38  JUBILEE  SOUVENIR. 

came  in  free  and  full  response  to  their  pathetic  and  per- 
sistent appeals,  and  by  all  who  helped  to  lift  this  burden 
that  lay  so  long  upon  the  church  and  so  heavily  upon  your 
hearts. 

Not  for  years  has  this  church  stood  on  such  a  sound 
financial  basis  as  it  stands  to-day — and  please  God  shall 
stand  for  aye. 

May  the  cloud  of  debt  never  again  darken  the  horizon  of 
our  vision,  may  our  song  of  thanksgiving  never,  never,  cease. 

Let  us  rise  right  here  and  make  these  arches  ring  with  our 
joyful  hallelujahs,  while  we  sing  as  we  have  never  sung  be- 
fore, ''  Praise  God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow." 

[The  congregation  rose  and  sang  the  long-meter  Doxology 
and  then  resumed    their  seats,  and  the  pastor  his  sermon.] 

6.  My  task  is  not  yet  done.  Fervently  I  trust  that  the 
spiritual  condition  of  the  Church  affords  no  less  ground  than 
the  material  for  gratitude  to  God. 

Unity  and  harmony  prevail.  The  services  of  the  Church 
are  fully  and  faithfully  attended.  Fifty  persons  have  been 
added  to  our  communion  in  the  past  eighteen  months. 

Believers  have  been  quickened  to  duty  by  the  power  of 
the  Spirit.  The  forces  of  the  Church  are  organized  for 
efficient  work.  Pastor  and  people  are  now  acquainted  and 
at  one  ;  united  by  ties  of  confidence  and  affection  which 
I  trust,  silly,  senseless,  sentimental  gossip  can  never  weaken, 
but  which  time  and  God's  grace  shall  ever  strengthen. 

May  we  joy  and  sorrow,  toil  and  triumph  together,  in  the 
blessed  service  of  our  Divine  Master,  sowing  seeds  of  kind- 
ness now,  and  reaping  what  we  sow  "  in  the  sweet  by 
and  by." 

The  first  influence  of  this  Jubilee  ought  to  inspire  us  to 
nobler  character  and  grander  service.  The  memories  of 
this  hour  should  blossom  into  blessed  hopes  and  bring  forth 


SERMON.  39 

the  fruit  of  better  lives  ;  else  the  past  history,  so  noble  and 
ennobling,  will  prove  our  shame  and  not  our  glory.  Let  us 
"  thank  God  and  take  courage." 

II.  This  occasion  calls  not  only  for  gratitude  for  the  past, 
but  for  courage  as  we  stand  face  to  face  with  present  duty. 

We  have  taken  a  long  look  backward  this  morning  ;  now 
we  have  time  for  a  brief  forward  glance. 

1.  With  brave  hearts  let  us  confidently  expect  the  speedy 
growth  of  this  community.  The  outlook  is  brighter  to-day 
than  for  years  before.  The  tide  of  improvement  is  slowly 
rising,  the  hum  of  industry  is  surely  increasing,  the  pulse 
of  public  spirit  is  sensibly  quickening,  and  the  tone  of  the 
town  is  gradually  advancing.  Ancient  rookeries  are  being 
pulled  down,  or  must  soon  tumble  down.  Modern  build- 
ings will  take  their  place  ;  rickety  fences  will  be  removed, 
and  uneven  sidewalks  relaid.  "  The  crooked  paths  will  be 
made  straight  and  the  rough  places  plain."  The  river  will 
be  bridged  somewhere  between  Central  Avenue  and  Saint 
George's,  the  population  will  increase,  the  industries  will 
multiply,  while  Upper  Rahway,  surpassing  the  lower  but 
newer  part  of  the  town  in  every  natural  advantage,  will  be 
connected  by  electric  cars  with  the  business  center,  or  by 
steam  directly  with  the  great  metropolis.  "  The  wilderness 
shall  blossom  like  the  rose."  Old  fogyism  is  doomed.  Let 
him  die,  '' with  none  so  poor  to  do  him  reverence,"  and  out 
of  the  ashes  of  his  grave  may  a  new  and  better  life  break 
for  our  city,  beautiful,  but  behind  the  times.  Let  her  name 
be  no  longer  "  Bellamy,"  looking  backward,  but  "  excelsior," 
as  we  move  forward,  upward,  to  a  better  and  higher  life. 

2.  My  hearers,  when  the  city  grows  the  church  will  grow. 
It  can't  help  it.  May  my  prophecy  this  morning  have 
speedy  fulfillment,  proving  to.  be  not  a  wild  dream  of  the 
distant  future,  but  a  sober  vision  of  a  near  and  present 


4<5  JUBILEE  SOUVEMtk. 

reality,  and  with  the  growth  of  the  place  we  may  hope  to 
see  this  commodious  building  filled,  and  the  membership 
and  power  of  the  church  continually  increased. 

But,  beloved,  numbers  are  not  all.  Quantity  is  not  the 
test  of  efficiency.  Quality  measures  power.  Our  Church 
is  three  hundred  strong  to-day.  Here  is  material  enough  to 
do  grand  work  in  the  upbuilding  of  Christian  manhood 
and  the  inbringing  of  Christian  souls. 

3.  Let  me  briefly  indicate  two  of  the  many  characteristics 
which  I  crave  for  this  church,  and  for  the  attainment  of 
which  bravely  I  face  our  present  duties.  This  is  one,  a 
twofold  principle,  loyalty  to  fundamental  truth,  with  liberty 
of  opinion  and  of  utterance.  One  thought  impresses  me 
profoundly  to-day.  It  is  this  :  From  this  desk  is  preached 
the  same  Gospel  now  which  Dr.  Pomeroy  and  Dr. 
Sheddan  preached  for  thirty  years,  and  whose  glorious 
truth  they  have  realized  as  "  they  see  eye  to  eye  and 
know  as  they  are  known";  the  same  Gospel  which  Dr. 
Imbrie  and  Dr.  Janeway  preached  fifty  years  ago,  and, 
believing  still,  are  waiting  for  Christ's  call  to  "  Come  up 
higher";  the  same  Gospel  which  the  first  four  pastors  of 
this  church  and  the  last  preached,  to  men  sin-lost  with  the 
same  curse,  and  sin-saved  by  the  same  Christ — the  Gospel 
of  faith,  and  love,  and  righteousness,  and  peace,  the  ever- 
lasting Gospel  of  the  Son  of  God.  May  this  pulpit  be  ever 
sacred  to  the  faithful  presentation  of  the  truth  as  it  is  in 
Jesus.  May  these  pews  be  filled  with  men  and  women  not 
desiring  "  teachers  who  have  itching  ears,"  but  striving  to 
apprehend  and  appropriate  the  solemn,  solid  doctrines  of 
the  word  of  God.  Let  not  the  weather-vane  on  yonder 
spire  (a  most  uncanny  symbol  on  a  church  steeple),  let  it 
not  typify  the  unstable  character  of  your  faith  as  you  are 
driven   about  by  the  various   winds  of   doctrine  ;    but  let 


SERMON.  41 

your  faith  be  anchored  to  the  cross  of  Christ  which  should 
crest  every  Christian  church  and  crown  every  Christian 
character.  "  God  forbid  that  we  should  glory  save  in  the 
cross  of  Jesus  Christ." 

4.  But  couple  liberty  with  loyalty  as  God  leads  us  bravely 
on.  Truth  is  many-sided.  Let  us  look  on  all  sides.  It  is 
a  thoughtful  age.  Think  deeply,  then  broadly,  for  thus 
God  meant  we  should  think. 

Truth  is  changeless  ;  but  our  outlook  varies,  our  stand- 
point alters.  I  said  that  the  same  Gospel  is  preached  here 
to-day  as  fifty  or  a  hundred  years  ago.  But  suppose  I 
could  find  in  attic  or  basement  of  the  old  manse,  the  yellow 
manuscript  of  one  of  Dr.  Janeway's  earliest  sermons,  or 
groping  among  the  tombs  in  yonder  graveyard  (a  custom 
to  which  I  am  not  addicted),  suppose  I  could  resurrect  the 
skeleton  of  one  of  Mr.  Richards's  discourses,  with  its  firstly 
and  seventeenthly  and  "  finally,  brethren,"  these  sermons  of 
the  venerable  fathers  might  be  far  superior  to  any  I  could 
write,  but  should  I  preach  them  to-day,  you  would  wonder 
what  Rip  Van  Winkle-like  event  had  happened  to  your 
present  pastor,  so  queer  and  quaint  the  truth  would  sound 
in  the  thought  and  language  of  the  long  ago. 

Too  bad,  if  Christian  truth  has  been  a  stagnant  pool  all 
these  years,  while  in  the  arts  and  sciences,  in  philosophy 
and  physics,  in  schoolroom  and  society,  in  library  and 
laboratory,  the  river  of  knowledge  has  flowed  on  with 
ever-widening  channel  into  God's  great  sea  of  universal 
truth. 

It  takes  courage  to-day  to  keep  hold  of  the  fundamental 
doctrines  which  some  are  letting  slip.  It  takes  courage  as 
well  to  lay  hold  on  new  truths  that  the  revolution  of  time 
and  the  evolution  of  thought  are  bringing  to  light.  I  plead 
for  loyalty  and  liberty  in  the  same  breath.     Let  us  seek  for 


42    .  JUBILEE  SOUVENIR. 

truth  anywhere,  everywhere  ;  not  with  the  candlelight  of 
the  sixteenth  century  or  the  rushlight  of  the  Dark  Ages,  but 
in  the  electric  light  of  this  nineteenth  century,  in  the  full  blaze 
of  whose  glory  men  are  searching  with  scientific  and  self-deny- 
ing devotion,  and  are  seeing  sublime  visions  of  God.  Some 
think  the  religious  atmosphere  to-day  is  full  of  electricity, 
ready  to  explode  and  involve  all  things  spiritual  in  destruc- 
tion.    Not  so.     This  is  pessimistic,  cowardly. 

The  present  atmospherical  disturbances  are  only  tran- 
sient ;  clear  settled  weather  is  coming  soon.  The  air  had 
grown  thick  and  murky  with  creeds  and  catechisms.  Men 
longed  to  see  the  light  of  Him  who  was  no  maker  of  dogma 
or  ritual,  and  to  breathe  the  air  of  Jesus,  whose  mission  was 
to  teach  the  childlike  faith  and  the  Christlike  life.  These 
longings  are  being  satisfied  as  never  before.  The  times  call 
for  courage  and  confidence.  God  give  us  grace  to  be  both 
conservative  and  liberal.  There  are  doctrines  which  our 
Church  holds  dear,  which  bear  the  mark  of  battle  and  wear 
the  crown  of  victory.  Thank  God  for  them  ;  they  are  pre- 
cious.    Hold  fast  to  them  ;  they  are  priceless. 

There  are  other  truths  which  are  being  baptized  in  battle 
now,  and  which,  please  God,  shall  ere  long  come  forth 
victorious. 

5.  Note  one  more  principle  which  has  also  a  twofold 
bearing.  It  is  fidelity  to  our  own  Church,  yet  friendship 
and  fellowship  with  all.  Just  base  this  thought  for  a 
moment  on  the  lowest   ground — the  material. 

Our  debt  is  paid,  yet  in  more  ways  than  I  could  mention 
do  we  see  the  need  of  improvement  in  our  church  property 
on  every  hand.  Judiciously  will  the  necessary  funds  be  ex- 
pended as  demand  and  supply  direct.  But,  friends,  God 
save  us  from  selfishness  !  We  are  square  now  with  the 
world,  but  it  needs  a  helping  hand.     We  owe  no  man  any- 


SERMON.  43 

thing  and  yet  owe  every  man  something.  We  are  out  of 
debt,  yet  great  is  our  obligation. 

The  grand  cause  of  missions  pleads  pathetically.  Shall 
it  plead  in  vain  ?  Manifold  charities  call  loudly.  Shall  we 
not  heed  their  call  ?  Noble  has  been  your  record  in  the 
past  ;  let  us  make  a  nobler  record  in  the  future.  May  this 
church  be  distinguished  for  its  broad  benevolence  and  its 
grand  beneficence. 

Let  all  its  members  be  quick  and  generous  to  respond  to 
every  call  for  "  sweet  charity's"   sake. 

Remember  the  words  of  our  Lord  Jesus,  how  he  said, 
"  It  is  more  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive  ;  "  forget  not  the 
test  which  Christ  applied  :  "  Freely  ye  have  received,  freely 
give,"  and  again,  "  Inasmuch  as  ye  did  it  unto  one  of  the 
least  of  these  ye  did  it  unto  me." 

Place  the  thought  on  a  higher — a  spiritual  basis.  As 
members  of  this  Church  of  Christ  we  are  pledged  to  mutual 
fidelity.  Let  us  endeavor  to  "  keep  the  unity  of  the  spirit 
in  the  bonds  of  peace." 

Harmony  is  as  essential  to  church  life  as  to  music.  Let 
ours  be  so  in  unison  that  when  one  or  another  strikes 
the  wrong  key,  as  is  sure  to  happen  now  and  then, 
the  trifling  discord  will  be  lost  in  the  sweet  harmony  that 
swells  forth  from  souls  akin,  and  wings  us  all  "  nearer 
to  God." 

Fidelity  to  our  own  Church  must  be  enjoined.  Let  us 
love  it  ;  let  us  live  and  labor  for  it. 

We  are  Presbyterians.  Why  ?  For  myself  I  answer, 
because  it  is  the  broadest  Church,  and  therefore  the  best. 
It  unchurches  none  ;  it  fellowships  with  all.  Into  our  com- 
munion we  welcome  every  true  believer.  To  the  Holy 
Sacrament  we  invite  "  all  who  love  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
in  sincerity."     Now  then,  beloved,  the  better  Presbyterians 


44  JUBILEE  SOUVENIR. 

we  are,  the  broader  Christians  we  ought  to  be.  We  hold  to 
the  universal  priesthood  of  believers.  We  belong  to  the 
great  brotherhood  of  Christ.  From  sectarian  pride  and 
ecclesiastical  prejudice  and  narrow-minded  exclusiveness 
and  Christless  bigotry,  "  Good  Lord,  deliver  us." 

Christian  unity  may  be  as  yet  a  dream.  Let  us  hasten  the 
day  when  the  Church  shall  wake  to  its  reality. 

Let    us    consecrate    this    historic  church  to    the    broad 
grand  principles  of  Christian  fellowship,  and  strive  with  one 
accord  to  secure  the  speedy  fulfillment  of  Christ's  proj^hetic 
prayer,  "  that  they  may  be  one  as  we  are  one." 

But  this  is  not  all.  There  must  be  friendship  not  only 
with  the  Christian  Churches,  but  with  the  Christless  world. 

Bravely,  beloved,  I  face  with  you  the  present  crisis  as  I 
bestir  you  to  better  service  for  those  for  whom  Christ 
died. 

Oh,  friends,  the  church  of  Christ  to-day  has  a  mission 
grand. 

It  must  save   the  churchless   and   Christless  all   around. 

How  to  reach  the  masses  is  the  great  problem  that  baffles 
us  now.  It  should  command  our  earnest  thought  and 
prayer  and  zeal.  How  shall  we  solve  the  problem  vast  ? 
How  save  the  people  who  are  without  the  Church  and  with- 
out the  Christ?  These  are  the  questions  we  must  ask  and 
answer.  To  this  work  in  this  city  we  call  this  church  to- 
day. It  is  not  mine  now  to  outline  any  phase  of  evangelistic 
work.  Only  in  this  closing  word  let  me  say,  with  all  the 
earnestness  of  my  soul,  that  the  power  of  this  church  for 
Christ  in  this  community,  to  illuminate  the  darkness,  to 
leaven  the  infidelity,  to  destroy  the  iniquity,  and  to  save 
men  by  the  power  of  an  endless  life,  will  be  measured  by  the 
fidelity  with  which  you  and  I  fulfill  our  Lord's  command  to 
"preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature." 


SERMON.  45 

But  friendship  for  the  sinner  involves  hostility  to  sin. 
We  must  discriminate  as  Christ  did. 

Sin  must  be  destroyed  that  sinners  may  be  saved.  The 
power  of  Satan  must  be  dethroned,  if  we  would  enthrone 
the  Christ  in  men's  hearts.  The  problem  of  reaching  the 
masses  demands  immediate  solution.  For,  believe  me,  if  the 
Church  does  not  save  the  churchless  soon,  they  will  destroy 
the  Churches. 

Irreconcilable  forces  are  arrayed  against  each  other  right 
here  in  our  city.  The  saloon  and  the  Church  are  declared 
enemies.  Intemperance  and  sobriety  are  sworn  foes.  In- 
fidelity and  faith  must  fight,  and  one  must  fall.  The  Sab- 
bath-keepers and  Sabbath-breakers  stand  with  drawn 
swords.  The  issues  of  life  and  death  hang  in  the  balance. 
The  hour  demands  action  prompt,  decisive.  We  must  not 
only  stand  on  the  defense,  but  prepare  for  aggressive  war- 
fare. It  is  no  time  now  to  sit  and  sing  "  hold  the  fort."  The 
hosts  are  enlisted!  The  enemy  is  in  line!  The  battle  is  on! 
The  trumpet  calls!  Our  Captain  leads!  Fall  in  line!  Close 
up!  Follow  Christ!  Face  the  foe!  On,  on,  into  the  thick 
of  the  fight.  Rout  the  enemy  of  our  faith — rai^e  the  stand- 
ard of  the  cross!  Redeem  the  lost — ''ring  in  the  Christ!" 
Nor  can  we  furl  our  flags  nor  ground  our  arms  nor  pitch 
our  tents 

"  Till  every  foe  is  vanquished. 
And  Christ  is  Lord  indeed." 


ADDRESS 

By   the  Rev.  George  S.    Mott,  D.  D.,  of  Flemington, 

N.   J.,  IN  RESPONSE    TO    THE    NAME    OF    SaMUEL  ShARON 

Sheddan,  D.  D.,  Pastor  from  1852  to  1874.     Died 
AT  Rahway,  N.  J.,  October  18,  1874. 

I  AM  profoundiy  impressed  by  these  services  in  which  we 
are  engaged,  and  the  like  of  which  I  have  never  attended. 
This  roll-call  of  the  captains  of  the  Lord's  host,  going  back 
one  hundred  and  fifty  years, — men  who  served  their  day  and 
generation  so  faithfully,  and  some  of  whom  have  entered  into 
their  reward, — cannot  fail  to  bring  us  within  the  shades  of 
solemn  feeling,  although  there  is  brightness  above  and 
around.  I  have  been  invited  to  respond  to  the  name  of 
Samuel  S.  Sheddan,  who  was  pastor  of  this  church  from  1852 
to  1874.  I  can  only  answer  to  the  name.  I  am  not  com- 
petent to  portray  the  life  and  character,  and  even  were  I 
qualified  for  this,  the  time  to  which  I  am  necessarily  re- 
stricted permits  only  a  profile  sketch,  not  the  full  face. 

He  was  the  first  pastor  with  whom  I,  as  a  pastor,  was 
associated.  And  I  have  always  esteemed  it  a  privilege 
that  so  pleasant,  kind,  considerate,  and  fraternal  a  minister 
occupied  this  charge.  He  was  at  the  beginning  of  his 
maturity,  while  I  was  a  youth  fresh  from  the  Theological 
Seminary,  inexperienced  and  distrustful  of  myself.  Now  it 
would  have  been  easy,  and,  indeed,  pardonable,  if  he  had 
regarded  me  as  "  the  young  brother,"  full  of  zeal  and  good 
purposes — but  who  would  have  to  learn  some  things.  But 
there  was  nothing  of  that  sort.     He  treated  me  as  a  brother, 

46 


Rev.  Samuel  Sharon  Sheddan,  D.  D. 


ADDRESS.  47 

when  he  might  have  been  a  little  patronizing.  It  is  not 
always  easy  to  speak  of  one  with  whom  you  have  had 
relations  so  peculiar  as  those  which  may  exist  between  the 
pastors  of  two  churches  in  a  small  town,  and  of  the  same 
ecclesiastical  connection.  But  it  is  an  easy  task  for  me, 
because,  as  I  call  up  the  five  years  during  which  I  was 
pastor  of  the  Second  Church,  I  cannot  find  anything  on  the 
part  of  Dr.  Sheddan  that  I  could  desire  to  extenuate,  or  to 
look  at  through  the  medium  of  Christian  charity. 

The  peculiar  location  of  these  two  Presbyterian  churches 
is  conducive  to  harmony.  The  stream  which  flows  across 
this  town  constitutes  a  natural  division  between  the  parishes. 
It  was  made  such  at  the  organization  of  the  Second  Church. 
I  am  not  sure  whether  this  agreement  was  brought  to  my 
attention  by  Dr.  Sheddan,  or  by  the  Session  of  the  Second 
Church.  But  I  at  once  saw  how  reasonable  and  desirable  it 
was.  Besides  the  pastor  of  this  church,  under  whom  the 
Second  was  formed,  had  infused  his  own  gentle,  peaceable 
spirit  into  both  churches.  That  was  in  the  air  when  I  came, 
and  I  breathed  it  with  great  delight.  And  let  me  say  in 
passing  it  is  the  only  regretful  memory  that  will  attach  to 
the  service  of  this  afternoon  that  Rev.  Dr.  Imbrie  is  not 
with  us.  We  sympathize  with  him  in  the  death  of  that 
brother,  as  the  cause  which  keeps  him  away.  And  permit 
me  to  avail  myself  of  his  absence  to  say  what  I  might  feel 
constrained  to  omit  in  his  presence.  When  I  came  to  Rah- 
way  I  found  that  Dr.  Imbrie  was  held  in  the  highest  esteem 
by  all.  And  by  none  more  than  by  those  who  had  been 
under  his  ministry,  and  who  so  reluctantly  left  him  to  form  the 
Second  Church.  They  went  away  only  because  he  made  it 
appear  to  be  their  duty.  And  when,  on  some  future  anni- 
versary occasion  (it  may  be  the  second  centennial  of  this 
church),  when  your  descendants  shall  listen  to  the  recital  of 


48  JUBILEE  SOUVENIR. 

the  past,  none  of  the  pastors  will  receive  a  more  noble 
recognition  than  will  Charles  K.  Imbrie. 

I  do  not  enter  into  the  details  of  Dr.  Sheddan's  life. 
That  is  given  in  another  connection.  He  came  here  from 
Warrior  Run.  His  history  had  been  somewhat  diversified, 
and  not  without  trials.  In  that  charge  he  was  compelled  to 
teach  a  school,  in  order  to  supplement  a  living.  He  had 
little  opportunity  for  study.  I  have  heard  him  say  that  he 
prepared  many  of  his  sermons  during  recess,  or  when  wait- 
ing for  a  class  to  recite.  And  yet  there  was  an  indescrib- 
able charm  about  those  sermons.  His  style  was  poetic, 
without  the  florid,  which  often  attaches  to  a  glowing  imag- 
ination. All  you  who  have  heard  him  will  never  forget  the 
great  beauty  of  rhetoric,  the  fitness  and  freshness  of  his  illus- 
tration, which  characterized  his  sermons  and  addresses,  and 
those  who  have  never  heard  him  may  test  the  correctness  of 
this  statement  by  reading  that  charming  booklet  of  his, 
published  by  our  board  of  publication,  entitled  "  Valley  of 
Achor." 

I  shall  never  forget  the  beauty  and  the  tenderness,  and 
the  dignity  of  the  charge  he  gave  me  at  my  ordination  and 
installation  as  pastor  of  the  Second  Church.  One  might 
query  how  was  this  charm  of  style  secured.  I  think  the 
answer  comes,  when  we  consider  his  birthplace.  That  was 
near  the  Susquehanna,  in  Pennsylvania.  This  stream  glides 
through  those  fertile  and  broad  valleys  with  a  gentle  flow. 
Here  Samuel  S.  Sheddan  passed  his  boyhood  and  early 
youth.  As  he  fished  in  its  waters,  he  imbibed  the  gentleness 
of  the  river  spirit,  and  his  style  became  like  unto  its  calm 
and  soft  current.  And  afterward  this  was  quickened  into 
the  sparkle  of  illustration,  which  his  observing  mind  acquired 
among  the  hills  and  the  mountains  where  several  years  of 
his  ministry  were  spent.    I  could  give  instances  of  the  alert- 


ADDRESS.  49 

ness  of  his  mind  in  this  direction,  but  time  will  not  permit. 
Dr.  Sheddan  had  great  influence  in  Presbytery  and  Synod. 
He  was  not  a  noisy  debater  nor  a  frequent  speaker,  but 
when  he  did  speak  it  was  directly  to  the  point  and  in  very 
few  words.  At  those  meetings  1  have  seen  him,  on  several 
occasions,  bring  to  a  speedy  termination  a  confused  debate, 
by  a  few  pertinent  remarks  full  of  common  sense.  He  is 
endeared  to  some  of  you  as  the  pastor  who  joined  you  in 
wedlock  and  baptized  your  children.  That  sympathetic 
voice  soothed  you  as  you  wept  over  the  death  of  loved  ones, 
whose  bodies  he  committed  to  the  grave  with  the  words 
of  hope.  He  knew  how  to  comfort,  for  he  knew  sorrow. 
There  are  those  whom  he  guided  as  they  inquired,  "  what 
shall  I  do  to  be  saved."  And  so  the  twenty-two  best  )ears 
of  his  life  were  passed  among  you.  On  the  i8th  of  October, 
1874,  he  went  to  his  Father's  house.  And  so  closed  the 
ministry  of  the  seventh  pastor  of  this  church.  Samuel 
Sharon  Sheddan  was  his  name.  And  indeed  he  was  a 
"  Rose  of  Sharon,"  the  fragrance  of  whose  memory  floats 
in  the  air  and  fills  our  souls  to-day. 


ADDRESS. 

By  the     Rev,    Joseph  G.  McNulty,    D.   D.,  of   Wood- 
bridge,    N.    J.,    IN    RESPONSE    TO    THE    NAME    OF    THE 

Rev.  John  Jay  Pomeroy,  D.  D.,  Pastor  from 
1875  TO  1884.  Died  at  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  Decem- 
ber I,  1890. 

Young  people  have  a  proverbial  repugnance  to  telling 
their  age,  and  so  also  have  some  aged  ones.  The  sight  of  a 
gray  hair,  and  especially  the  first  one,  has  often  sent  an  awful 
pang  through  a  human  heart.  After  a  certain  age,  every 
returning  birthday  is  greeted  with  a  bit  of  shrinking  sorrow, 
perhaps  all  to  ourselves  ;  though  others,  from  a  different 
standpoint,  may  think  of  it  as  a  matter  of  joy. 

The  Bible,  however,  puts  a  special  crown  upon  the  brow 
of  age  ;  and  you  are  disposed  here  to-day  to  follow  the  ex- 
cellent Bible  example. 

In  the  spirit  of  reflective  veneration  Longfellow  gives  us 
this  poetic  prose  in  the  matter  of  his  age  : 

The  eye  of  age  looks  meek  into  my  heart  !  The  voice  of  age  echoes 
mournfully  through  it  !  The  hoary  head  and  palsied  hand  of  age  plead 
irresistibly  for  its  sympathies  !  I  venerate  old  age  ;  and  I  love  not  the 
man  who  can  look  without  emotion  upon  the  sunset  of  life,  when  the  dusk 
of  evening  begins  to  gather  over  the  watery  eyes,  and  the  shadows  of  twi- 
light grow  broader  and  deeper  upon  the  understanding. 

This  spirit  of  veneration  for  age  is  your  spirit  to-day. 
In  looking  round  I  fail  to  see  very  many  gray  heads  for 
a  people  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  old. 

Old  Barzillai,  in  David's  time,  excused  himself  from  em- 
bracing the  graceful  and  grateful  invitation  of  the  king,  to 

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ADDRESS.  51 

go  up  with  him  to  the  capital,  on  the  plea  that  he  had  lost 
his  relish  for  pleasant  viands,  and  ''  singing  men  and  singing 
women"  were  nothing  any  more  to  him.  B\it your  taste  for 
the  choicest  Gospel  food  evidently  remains  as  sensitive  as 
ever,  judging  from  the  character  of  the  ministry  you  have,  and 
*' singing  men  and  singing  women  "  are  evidently  just  as 
much  your  delight  as  ever,  in  the  practical  evidence  afforded 
at  this  Anniversary  ;  and  1  am  glad  you  are  showing  this  joy- 
ous willingness  at  his  invitation  to  go  up  with  the  king  greater 
than  David  toward  the  glorious  capital  on  high. 

To  the  question  put  once  by  a  Persian  emperor  to  a  ven- 
erable man,  "  How  old  art  thou  ? "  he  simply  answered  : 
^'  Four  years."  He  had  recently  become  a  Christian,  and 
that  was  simply  the  length  of  /lis  regenerated  life — all  his 
years  that  he  thought  worth  enumerating.  A  church  needs 
not,  or  ought  not  to  need,  to  make  such  a  discrimination. 
All  its  years  are  professedly  regenerated  years  ;  and  what  a 
blessed  fact  when  it  can  look  back  over  a  century  and  a  half 
of  them,  as  you  do  to-day  !  and  while  I  look  round  with  ad- 
miration and  congratulate  you  on  the  taste  and  beauty,  and 
appropriateness  of  your  adornments  to  meet  this  occasion — 
flowers,  and  ferns,  and  flags  exqusitely  intertwined — I  congrat- 
ulate you  most  of  all  on  such  a  history  ;  and  I  have  adverted 
as  I  have  to  the  matter  of  age,  in  part,  because  it  is  my  priv- 

,  ilege  to  come  to  you  to-day  with  congratulations  from  an 
older  Presbyterian  Sister  yet — as  the  Pastor  of  a  church 
nearly  seventy-five  years  older  than  yourselves. 

A  military  gentlemen  visiting  the  Rev.  John  Martin,  who 

\  had  long  toiled  as  a  minister,  but  in  ill  health,  said  to  him  : 
"  If  I  had  power  over  the  pension  list,  I  would  put  you  on 
half-pay  for  your  long  and  faithful  services."  Mr.  Martin, 
with  genial    appreciation  of  the    compliment,  replied    very 

,  promptly  ;  *'  Your  governmental  master  may  put  you  off  with 


52  JUBILEE  SOUVENIR. 

half -pay  in  your  old  age,  but  my  Master  will  not  serve  me  thus. 
He  will  give  me  full  pay.  Through  grace  I  expect  a/z///  re- 
ward in  due  time," 

So,  too',  a  church  that  has  been  long  faithful,  through  sun- 
shine and  storm,  summer  and  winter,  to  the  same  Master, 
has  the  same  right  to  anticipate  a  similar  glorious  and  full 
reward,  both  here  and  hereafter. 

But  turning  to  the  immediate  theme  you  have  assigned 
me — some  appropriate  words  concerning  Brother  Pomeroy, 
one  of  your  beloved  pastors  from  1875  to  1884 — I  shall 
not  refer  to  him  in  the  spirit  of  an  obituary,  but  of  one 
who,  in  his  day  and  generation,  faithfully  filled  his  living 
place. 

Touching  but  the  more  salient  points  of  his  character  and 
career,  I  may  only  say  at  the  outset,  Dr.  John  J.  Pomeroy 
died  in  the  prime  of  his  life  and  ministry,  amid  the  scenes 
and  friends  of  his  beautiful  native  valley,  in  Chambersburg, 
Pa.,  in  December,  1889. 

His  first  pastorate  was  over  the  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Dover,  in  Delaware,  and  it  lasted  but  a  few  years  when  the 
Civil  War  broke  out.  It  was  pleasant  and  profitable  while  it 
lasted,  until  that  time.  His  patriotic  soul  made  him  so  like 
"  the  chariots  of  Aminidab  "  he  could  not  repress  prayer  for 
the  Union  Army  and,  being  in  the  South,  he  found  it  wisest 
to  resign  and  place  his  feet  on  Union  soil,  if  he  would  have 
parishioners  who  would  heartily  say  :  "  How  beautiful  are 
the  feet  of  him  that  bringeth  good  tidings,  that  publisheth 
peace  !  " 

For  five  years  he  wore  the  dress  and  responded  day  and 
night  to  the  duties  of  a  chaplain  in  the  Union  army. 
Through  sunshine  and  shadow  he  followed  the  starry  flag 
and  the  fortunes  of  ''the  Boys  in  Blue."  On  the  tented  field 
and  the  field  of  battle  his  great,  warm   heart  sought  to  in- 


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ADDRESS.  53 

Struct  and  to  comfort  the  living,  the  suffering,  and  the  dying 
with  the  precious  (lospel  story.  Many  a  blessed  reunion, 
doubtless,  he  has  had  with  those  whom  he  led  to  Jesus,  or 
encouraged  "in  the  dark  and  cloudy  day"  in  yonder  land, 
where  war  and  wounds  and  weeping  are  things  of  the  past. 

Turning  to  his  regular  ministry  again  :  he  was  settled  for 
ten  years  in  Octororn,  Pa.,  a  Presbyterian  church.  God 
greatly  blessed  his  pastorate  there.  Many  souls  were 
gathered  to  the  feet  of  Jesus  through  his  untiring  and 
judicious  labors.  That  parish  for  the  time  was  a  casket, 
where  this  jewel  of  gracious  beauty  flashed  gladly  back  the 
sweet  rays  of  "  the  Sun  of  Righteousness.  "  Among  those 
rural  homes  even  to-day,  we  are  told,  *Miis  name  is  as  oint- 
ment poured  forth." 

There  is  no  more  beautiful  story,  as  such,  in  all  the  Bible 
than  that  of  David  and  Jonathan.  How  they  loved  each 
other  like  very  brothers  !  So  that  wherever  the  one  went 
the  other  was  attracted.  I  have  thought  of  that  story  in 
tracing  this  life.  It  was  David  and  Jonathan  over  again,  in 
some  measure,  in  the  two  Johns,  John  Jay  and  John  A. 
(Liggett).  There  is  poetry  in  the  sound  of  the  names,  and 
poetry  in  the  facts  of  the  case.  When  a  pastor  was  wanted 
for  Dover,  John  was  suggested  by  his  brother  John.  When 
a  similar  want  occurred  in  Octorora,  a  similar  suggestion 
was  made  and  responded  to  ;  and  when  this  church,  which 
to-day  celebrates  its  century  and  a  half  of  existence,  needed 
a  great  vacancy  filled,  that  friend  was  as  leal  and  warm- 
hearted in  his  suggestive  friendship  as  before  ;  and  so  he 
helped  to  bring  him  to  his  very  side.  And  here  that  dear 
brother  lived  and  labored  for  about  nine  years,  with  large 
manifestations  of  divine  grace  upon  his  ministry,  so  that  some 
two  hundred  and  fifty  souls  rose  up  from  time  to  time  to  call 
him  blessed. 


54  JUBILEE  SOUVENIR. 

I  see  now  before  me  that  man  of  splendid  physique,  of 
genial,  beaming  face,  most  kindly  in  manner  and  mien,  and 
I  think,  if  there  is  a  man  among  us  who  could  truthfully  re- 
peat Paul's  declaration  to  the  Ephesian  elders  with  refer- 
ence to  his  own  ministry,  that  man  might  have  been  Dr. 
Pomeroy  in  his  service  of  this  noble  church  :  '*Ye  know 
from  the  first  day  that  I  came,  after  what  manner  I  have 
been  with  you  at  all  seasons,  serving  the  Lord  with  all  hu- 
mility of  mind,  and  with  many  tears,  and  temptations,  and 
how  I  kept  back  nothing  that  was  profitable  unto  you  ;  but 
have  showed  you,  and  have  taught  you  publicly,  and  from 
house  to  house,  testifying  both  to  the  Jews,  and  also  to  the 
Greeks,  repentance  toward  God,  and  faith  toward  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ."  (Acts  xx,  18-21).  Blessed  is  the  minister 
whose  fidelity  can  be  truthfully  embodied  in  such  a  declara- 
tion ! 

The  same  record  he  made  in  his  last  charge  of  five  years, 
that  of  Chambersburg,  Pa.  "  Though  he  had  lived  among 
us  but  a  few  years,"  said  one  well  qualified  to  speak,  on  the 
day  of  his  funeral,  "  his  worth  and  his  spiritual  power  were 
fully  admitted.  The  impression  which  he  made  was  that  of 
a  man  who  was  very  much  in  earnest  in  pushing  his  holy 
work.  He  lost  no  time.  He  was  drawn  off  by  no  side  is- 
sues that  one  could  see.  He  was  sincere,  devout,  self-de- 
nying, full  of  sacred  zeal,  ready  for  any  essay  which  his  high 
calling  might  require  of  him." 

Dr.  Pomeroy  was  a  manly  man — an  admirably  balanced 
man,  a  man  of  intellectual  ability  ;  a  thoroughly  and  con- 
sistently Christian  man  ;  a  gentleman  in  every  sense,  with  a 
vein  of  genial  humor  pervading  his  conversation  ;  a  man  of 
amiable  manners  and  even  temperament.  Social,  and  sympa- 
thetic, and  warm-hearted,  his  people  gave  him  welcome  to 
their  homes.     He,  undoubtedly,  like  the  rest  of  us,  had  his 


•;'  ADDI^ESS.  55 

imperfections,  and  he  himself  would  have  been  the  last  man 
to  claim  exemption  from  such,  but  you  forgot  to  notice  them 
in  his  virtues.  His  brethren  loved  and  trusted  him  to  the 
largest  extent  to  which  he  chose  at  any  time  to  draw  upon 
their  trust  and  love. 

He  was  a  stanch  and  strong  Presbyterian  in  his  denomi- 
national preferences,  but  he  was  at  the  same  time  exceed- 
ingly catholic  in  his  spirit  toward  the  whole  evangelical 
body  of  the  Lord  Jesus.  As  a  preacher,  he  was  forcible  and 
clear.  With  deep  convictions  of  truth  he  had  a  soldier's 
courage  and  a  woman's  tenderness  in  presenting  that  truth. 
He  believed  the  Gospel  himself  as  inspired  of  God  from 
Moses  in  the  Penteteuch  to  John  in  the  Revelation,  in  every 
line  of  it,  and  with  no  mental  reservations  ;  and  his  evident 
aim  and  effort  was  that  his  lost  fellow-men  might  be  reached 
and  rescued  through  its  mystic  power.  Sensitive  to  divine 
*'  criticism  "  only,  he  recognized  nothing  "  higher."  The 
cross  of  Christ  was  both  refuge,  and  palace,  and  throne,  in 
his  estimation,  for  poor  human  nature.  Goldsmith's  pa- 
thetic description  of  the  Village  Pastor  might  have  had  him, 
I  think,  sitting  for  its  portrait  both  in  his  study  and  among 
his  people,  when  he  said  : 

His  ready  smile  a  parent's  warmth  expressed, 
Their  welfare  pleased  him,  and  their  cares  distressed  ; 
To  them  his  heart,  his  love,  his  griefs  were  given, 
While  all  his  serious  thoughts  had  rest  in  heaven. 
As  some  tall  cliff,  that  lifts  its  awful  form, 
Swells  from  the  vale,  and  midway  leaves  the  storm  ; 
Though  round  its  breast  the  rolling  clouds  are  spread, 
Eternal  sunshine  settles  on  its  head. 

On  the  marble  above  the  dust  of  the  great  Daniel  V*'ebster, 
in  Marshfield,  you  read  the  inscription  dictated  by  himself 
before  he  died  :  "  My  heart  has  ahvays  assured  me,  and  re- 


56  JUBILEE  SOl'VEAUR. 

assured  me,  that  tlie  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  is  a  divine 
reality  ;  "  and  in  that  confidence  his  spirit  departed  as  the 
brilliant  orb  of  day  went  down  for  the  last  time  behind 
the  western  liills,  murmuring  to  himself;  '' /  still  live  / '' 
The  last  voice  on  Time's  sands,  the  first  on  Eternity's 
threshold. 

With  the  same  confidence,  but  with  a  grander  religious 
life  behind  to  base  it  on,  our  friend,  of  whom  we  have  been 
speaking,  went  up  from  Earth  that  quiet  Sabbath  morning, 
and  a  reassuring  voice  comes  back  to  us,  both  from  the  work 
he  did  while  here,  and  from  the  blessed  heaven  he  entered  : 
''I stilllive  !'' 

We  are  reminded  again  and  again  as  a  sad  fact,  ''  The 
evil  that  men  do  lives  after  them,"  but  it  is  just  as  true  that 
the  influence  lingers  from  a  good  life  when  life  itself  has 
gone. 

A  poet  strikingly  sings  of  it  thus  : 

Alike  are  life  and  death 

When  life  in  death  survives, 
And  the  uninterrupted  breath 
_  Inspires  a  thousand  lives. 

Were  a  star  quenched  on  high, 

For  ages  would  its  light, 
wStill  traveling  downward  from  the  sky, 

Shine  on  our  mortal  sight. 

So  when  a  good  man  dies, 

For  years  beyond  our  ken, 
The  light  he  leaves  behind  him  lies 

Upon  the  paths  of  men. 

The  calm  and  stately  Judge  Breckenridge  sank  on  the 
floor  of  our  great  Assembly  with  the  words  trembling  on 
his  lips  :  "'  I  have  endeavored  to  be  faithful,  and  I  ask  to 


Rev.  Wm.  Alfred  Gay. 


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ADDRESS.  57 

be  excused  from  further  service."  Death  punctuated  and 
immortalized  the  sentence  and  sentiment. 

And  so,  I  cannot  but  feel  that^^/d7/V)'  to  duty  was  the  pre- 
eminent watchword  of  that  life  we  have  been  briefly  con- 
sidering. 

Well  did  Willis  say  : 

How  beautiful  it  is  for  man  to  die 
Upon  the  walls  of  Zion  !  to  be  called 
Like  a  watch-worn  and  weary  sentinel, 
To  put  his  armor  off,  and  rest — in  heaven  ! 


BIOGRAPHICAL. 

The  Rev.  Aaron  Richards,  First  Pastor. 

Born  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  1718  ;  graduated  at  Yale  College, 
1743  ;  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  and  in- 
stalled pastor  of  this  Church,  November  5,  1748  ;  pastoral 
relation  dissolved,  November  2,  1791  ;  died  May  16,  1793. 

The  Rev.   Robert  Hett  Chapman,  D.  D.,  Second 
Pastor. 

Born  at  Orange,  N.  J.,  March  2,  1771  ;  graduated  at  the 
College  of  New  Jersey,  1789  ;  ordained  and  installed  by  the 
Presbytery  of  New  York,  January  5,  1797  ;  resigned  Octo- 
ber 2,  1799  ;  afterward  President  of  the  University  of 
North  Carolina  ;  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity 
from  Williams  College,  1815  ;  died  June  18,  1833. 

The  Rev.  Buckley  Carll,  Third  Pastor. 

Born  in  Cohansey,  N.  J.,  1780  ;  pastor  at  Pittsgrove, 
N.  J.,  1799  to  1802  ;  installed  pastor  here,  December  28, 
1802  ;  resigned  April,  1826  ;  died  May  29,  1849. 

The  Rev.  Alfred  Chester,  Fourth  Pastor. 

Graduated  at  Yale  College,  1818  ;  studied  theology  at 
Andrews  and  Princeton;  ordained  and  installed  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Elizabethtown,  July  18,  1826  ;  pastorate  dis- 
solved, March  3,  1829  ;  principal  of  Morristown  Academy, 
1829  to  1843  ;  subsequently,  agent  for  our  Church  Board 
of  Publication  ;  died  June  2,  1871. 

58 


BIOGRAPHICAL,  59 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Leiper  Janeway,  D.  D.,  LL.  D., 
Fifth  Pastor. 

Born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February  27,  1805  ;  graduated 
at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  1823,  and  at  Princeton 
Seminary,  1827  ;  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  this 
Church,  November  3,  1829  ;  resigned  November  17,  1840  ; 
pastor  of  the  North  Presbyterian  Church,  Philadelphia,  1840 
to  1854  ;  pastor  at  Kingston,  N.  J.,  1855  ^o  1861  ;  secretary 
of  the  Board  of  Domestic  Missions,  1861  to  1868  ;  received 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  the  College  of  New 
Jersey,  1850  ;  resides  in  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Kisselman  Imbrie,  D.  D., 
Sixth  Pastor. 

Born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  December  15,  1814 ;  gradu- 
ated at  the  College  of  New  Jersey,  1835,  and  at  Princeton 
Seminary,  1840  ;  ordained  and  installed  to  this  pastorate 
January  5,  1841  ;  resigned  January  6,  1852  ;  pastor  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Jersey  City,  1852  to  1887; 
afterward  Pastor  Emeritis,  received  the  Doctorate  of 
Divinity  from  the  College  of  New  Jersey,  1861  ;  resides 
in  Jersey  City.* 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Sharon  Sheddan,  D.  D., 
Seventh  Pastor. 

Born  in  Northumberland  County,  Pa.,  September  13, 
1810  ;  graduated  at  Jefferson  College,  Pa.,  1831  ;  ordained 
and  installed  at  Muncy,  Pa.,  1835  ;  pastor  at  Warrior  Run, 
Pa.,  1841  to  1852  ;  installed  pastor  of  this  Church  April 
21,  1852  ;  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from 
Columbia  College,  1864;    died  October  18,  1874. 

"  Died  November  20,  1S91. 


6o  JUBILEE  SOUVEA^iJ^. 

The  Rev.  John  Jay  Pomeroy,  D.  D.,  Eighth  Pastor. 

Bom  in  Roxbury,  Pa.,  September  8,  1834  ;  graduated  at 
Lafayette  College,  1857,  and  at  Princeton  Seminary  1861; 
ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at 
Dover,  Del.,  November  28,  1861  ;  chaplain  in  the  U.  S. 
army  1862  to  1865  ;  pastor  of  the  Upper  Octorora  Church 
in  Chester  County,  Pa.,  1865  to  1875;  installed  pastor  of 
this  Church,  April  29,  1875  ;  called  to  Central  Presbyterian 
Church,  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  April  2,  1884;  received  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  Lafayette  College,  1885  ; 
died  at  Chambersburg,  December  i,  1889. 

The  Rev.  William  Alfred  Gay,  Ninth  Pastor. 

Born  at  Waterbury,  Conn.,  February  24,  1845  ;  gradu- 
ated at  the  College  of  Northern  Illinois  and  the  Theological 
Seminary  of  the  Northwest,  Chicago  ;  pastor  at  Winnebago, 
111.,  three  years,  and  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  ten  years  ;  installed 
here,  September  10,  1884  ;  pastorate  dissolved  in  August, 
1885  ;  pastor,  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Corry,  Pa.,  1888. 

The  Rev.  George  Hubbard  Payson,  Tenth  Pastor. 

Born  at  New  Hartford,  N.  Y.,  January  5,  1852  ;  gradu- 
ated at  Hamilton  College,  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  1873,  and  at 
Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York  City,  1878;  or- 
dained and  installed  at  Roslyn,  L.  I.,  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Nassau,  April  21,  1881;  pastor  at  Roslyn  till  October,  1882; 
pastor  at  Newtown,  L.  L,  1882  till  1889  ;  installed  pastor 
of  this  Church  January  16,  1890. 


ELDERS,    TRUSTEES,  ETC. 


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ELDERS,  TRUSTEES,   ETC. 

Succession  of  Elders  since  1804. 


John  Wood,  1804-14- 
Merie  Martin,  1804-14. 
Nath'l  Hadden,  1804-42. 
Aaron  Tucker,  1807-49- 
Jonathan   Meeker,    1808-13. 
Amos  Morse,  1809-71. 
Benjamin  Megee,  1809-13. 
Samuel  Trembly,  1814-17. 
Thomas  Morris,  1815-37. 
Wm.  Connett,  1825-51. 
David  Meeker,  1825-26. 
Latham  Clark,  1825-48. 
Job  Squier,  1832-36. 
Joseph  Oliver,  1832-38. 
Jonathan  Thompson,    1832- 

49. 
Frederick  Kmg,  1832-49. 
John  Crowell,  1837-58. 
George  F.  Webb,  1837-49- 
William  B.  Crowell,  1837-82. 
Jonathan  T.  Ely,  1850-51. 


Joseph  Randolph,  1850. 
Charles  L.  Lathrop,  1850-55. 
Joseph  Woodruff,  1859-90. 
Caleb  Halsey,  1859-61. 
Randolph  De  Camp,  1859-64. 
Ira  Bingham,  1867-68. 
Oscar  E.  Boyd,  1867-84. 
Jeremiah  Johnson,  Jr.,  1869- 

74. 
Chas.  P.  Williams,   1869-76. 
Henry  S.  Moore,  1869-84. 
William  V.  McKenzie,  1873. 
William  E.  Wells,  1873-82. 
Charles  H.  Clark,  1882-87. 
Charles  R.  Oliver,  1882. 
Joseph  Beach,  1882. 
Edward  C.  Potter,  1882. 
James  C.  Waters,  1884. 
John  Van  Vliet,  1886. 
Henry  M.  Woodruff,  1887. 
IraB.  Bull,  1891. 


Alphabetical  Roll  of  Succession  of  Trustees 
Since  1834,  with  Term  of  Service  as  far  as 
Ascertained. 


/*,  signifies   President,  S, 

John  R.  Avers  (P.),  1860-67, 

•71-81. 
M.  Baumgartner,  1879-91. 
Edmund  M.  Brown,  1836-37. 
Wm.  E.  Bloodgood,  1855-61. 
Joseph  Beach,  1874. 
H.  C.  Carman  (S.&T.),  1878- 

91. 


Secretary,   T,   Treasurer. 
David  S.  Craig,  M.D.,  1826. 
Lewis  Corv,  1835-36. 
Chas.  H.  Clark,  1879-85. 
Wm.  H.  Cleaver  (T.  &  S.), 

1837-38. 
Wm.  B.  Crowell  (P.),  1837- 

40,  '42-53- 
John  Crowell,  1840. 


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JUBILEE    SOUVENIR, 


Silas  Cook,  M.  D.  (P.),  1849- 

54- 
John  D.  Chapin  (P.),  1855- 

71, '75-77- 
John  C.  Denman,  1855. 
Randolph    De   Camp,    1855, 

59,  '62-63. 
Fred.  K.  Dunn,  1890. 
James  Enders,  1840. 
F.  Freeman  Force,  1824. 
John  Florence,  1841. 
Levi  Folsom  (T.  &  S.),  1872- 

73. 
A.  D.  Gibbons  (P.),  1872-75. 
S.  Freeman    Garthwaite  (T. 

&S.),  1875,  '81-82. 
M.  T.  Gay  (P.),  1881-9.. 
Isaac  L.  Hunt,  1849-54,  '65. 
D.  W.  C.  Hough,  M.  D.  (T.), 

1859-61. 
Linus  High,  1876-77,  '80-91. 
Jeremiah  Johnson,  Jr.,  1871- 

72. 
Frederick    King  (P.  &   T.), 

1834,  '41-49. 
William  Lawrence,  1824. 
James  B.  Laing,  1845-54. 
Henry  Mundy,  1824-34. 
Th.  Marsh,  1879-80. 
Jonas  T.  Marsh,  1835-39. 
C.  D.  Marsh,  1879. 
Amos  Morse,  1840-41. 
Linus  H.   Mooney,  1842-43. 
Nicholas    Mooney,   1857-65. 

'69-71. 
William   V.   McKenzie  (P.), 

1872-77,  '80-91. 
Jno.  R.  Morse,  1886-90. 
Samuel  Oliver,  1824. 
Joseph  Oliver,  1834. 


Washington  B.  Oliver,  1849- 

54- 
C.  A.Oliver  (T.  &  S.),  1873- 

74,  '76-77,  '83-90. 
C.  R.  Oliver,  1883-91. 
Recompense  Squier,  1804. 
Job  Squier  (P.  &  T.),  1828- 

36. 
Wm.  C.  Squier  (P.),  1849-71. 
Geo.  W.  Savage,  1855-56. 
A.  F.  Shotwell,  1858-59,  '6Z- 

70. 
Thomas   Terrill,   1 799-1826. 
W.  C.  Terrill,  1885-91. 
Jonathan  Thompson,   1840- 

49- 
George  W.  Thorne,  1876-77. 
John  U.  Underbill  (S.  &  T.j, 

1866-71. 
John  Urmston,  1868,  '72-73, 

'75. 
John  Y.  Vantuyl,  1826 
Francis  Vanwinkle,  1834-39, 

'42-48. 
John  Wood,  1826-34. 
William  Woodruff,  1824, 
Jacob    L.     Woodruff     (T.), 

1835-39,    '41-54,    '60-64, 

'78-81. 
Christopher     D.     Woodruff, 

1838-41. 
John    Woodruff   (P.    &  T.), 

1848,  '54-58,  '64,  '72-75. 
Wm.  S.  Woodruff,  1862-67. 
George  F.  Webb  (T.  &  S.), 

1836-49. 
John  F.  Whitney,  1866-67. 
John  M.  Weldon  (T.  &  S.), 

1874-77. 
J.  C.  Waters,  1891. 


KLDKRS,    TRUSTEES,   ETC.  63 


Superintendents  of  the  Sabbath  School 
Since  its  Organization,  1812. 

Rev.  Buckley  Carll,  1812-23  Rev.  S.  S.  Sheddan,  1861-66 

Amos  Morss,  1823-30,  1831-56  Jere.  Johnson,  Jr.,  1866-74 

John  W.  Seymour,  1830  Wm.  V.  McKenzie,  1874-85 

Jos.  T.  Higgins,   1856-58  Edward  C.  Potter,  1885-91 

George  W.  Savage,  1858-61  Charles  R.  Oliver,  1891 


ORGANIZATIOM  OF  THE  CHURCH. 

OCTOBER,  1891. 


OFFICERS. 

PASTOR, 

Rev.  GEORGE  HUBBARD  PAYSON. 

ELDERS. 

Joseph  Randolph,  Edward  C.  Potter, 

William  V.  McKenzie,  Joseph  Beach, 

James  C.  Waters,  H.  M.  Woodruff, 

Charles  R.  Oliver,  John  Van  Vliet, 
Ira  Bull. 

DEACONS. 

J.  Joseph  Urmston,     Frank  Haliday,  J.  G.  Stacy. 

BOARD    OF    TRUSTEES. 

Matthew  T.  Gay,  Pres.,  John  R.  Morss, 

J.  C.  Waters,  Treas.,  Linus  High, 

H.  C.  Carman,  Secy.,  Walter  C.  Terrill, 

William  V.  McKenzie,  Charles  R.  Oliver, 

Mark  W.  Baumgartner. 

RAHWAY    CEMETERY    COMMITTEE. 

Mark  W.  Baumgartner,  W.  C.  Terrill, 

H.  C.  Carman,  C.  R.  Oliver. 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  CEMETERY  AND  SEXTON  OF  CHURCH. 

Thomas  A.  Kidd. 

CHOIR. 

Organist,  George  C.  Oliver. 
Soprano,  Miss  Nellie  F.  Martin. 
Alto,         Miss  Adriana  M.  Stacy. 
Tenor,      Joseph  Avery. 
Bass,         John  H.  Williams. 
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ORGANIZ.A  TlOiX  OF  THE  CHVRCH.  65 


STATED   SERVICES. 

Weekly. 

Divine  Worship  and  Preaching,   Sunday,   10.30  a.   m.    and 

7.30  p.  M. 
Sabbath  School,  2.30  p.  m. 

Mid-week  Service  of  Praise  and  Prayer,  Wednesday,  7.45  p.  m. 
Young  People's    Society  of  Christian    Endeavor,  Monday, 

7.45  P.  M. 
Junior  Society  Christian  Endeavor,  Friday,  3.15  p.  m. 
Ministering  Circle  of  King's  Daughters,  Tuesday,  4  p.  m. 
Pastor's  Office  Hours  at  Home,  i   to  2  p.  m.,  6  to  7  p.  m.  ; 

also  at  the  Church  after  all  services. 

Monthly. 
Session,  second  Wednesday,  8.45  p.  m. 
Trustees,  second  Monday,  8  p.  m. 
Ladies'  Association,  first  Monday,  8  p.  m. 
Missionary  Society,  first  Thursday,  3.30  p.  m. 
Pastor's  Training  Classes,  last  Friday,  3.30  and  7  p.  m. 
Sharon  Band,  first  Friday,  8  p.  m. 
Memorial  Band,  first  Monday,  3.30  p.  m. 
Mother's  Circle  of  the  King's  Daughters,  first  Wednesday, 
3  P-  M. 

Annual. 

Church  Meeting,  first  Wednesday  after  second  Sabbath  in 
March,  8.30  p.  m. 

Parish  Meeting,  first  Thursday  in  April,  8  p.  m. 

Sabbath  School  Anniversary,  last  Sunday  in  May. 

Sabbath  School  Business  Meeting,  Thursday  after  the  anni- 
versary, 8  p.  M. 

Sacraments. 

Lord's  Supper,  second  Sabbath  morning  of  January,  April, 
July,  and  October. 

Infant  Baptism,  third  Sabbath  of  same  months. 

Preparatory  Lecture  and  Session  Meeting,  Friday  preced- 
ing Communion,  7.45  p.  m. 

Prayer  meeting,  10  a.  m..  Communion  Sundays. 


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CHURCH  SOCIETIES. 

ladies'  association. 

President, Mrs.  C.  Archer, 

Vice  President, "     G.  H.  Payson, 

Secretary, "     I.  W.  Story, 

Treasurer, "     C.  F.  Woodruff. 

ladies'    sewing    SOCIETY. 

First  Directress, Mrs.  J.  C.  Terrill, 

Secretary  and  Treasurer, "     J-  D-  Chapin. 

ladies'  missionary  society. 

President, Mrs.  C.  Archer, 

Vice  President, "     H.  M.  Woodruff, 

Treasurer, ''     S.  A.  Gray, 

Recording  Secretary, "     C.  F.  Woodruff, 

Corresponding  Secretary, Miss  M.  Williams, 

Superintendent  of  Collectors, "     Maggie  Oliver. 

SHARON    MISSION    BAND. 

President, . . . .  ^ Miss  Bessie  P.  Williams, 

Vice  President,    Mrs.  Thos.  Andrews, 

Treasurer, Miss  Lizzie  Freeman, 

Secretary, Wm.  E.  Higgins. 

memorial    mission    BAND. 

President, Miss  Celia  Gardner, 

Vice  President, "     Anna  Littell, 

Secretary, "     Mamie  Horton, 

Treasurer, "     Addie  Weldon. 

king's  daughters'  ministering  circle. 

President, Miss  f.illie  McKenzie, 

Vice  President, "     Aimie  Dean, 

Secretary, "     Mae  Urmston, 

Treasui er, "     Mamie  Baumgartner. 

mothers'  circle. 

President, Mrs.  S.  L.  Flake, 

Secretary, "     S.  B.  Morss, 

Treasurer, "     R.  Ryno. 


ORGAN IZA  TION  OF  THE  CHURCH.  67 

SILVER    RAYS    CIRCLE. 

President,  Miss  Aimie  Dean. 

YOUNG    people's    SOCIETY    OF    CHRISTIAN    ENDEAVOR. 

Officers. 

President,  Fred.  G.  Williams. 

Vice  President,  Miss  Louise  Urmston. 

Recoiding  Secretary,  Edward  E:  Carman. 

Corresponding  Secretary,  Miss  Bessie  P.  Williams. 

Treasurer,  Frank  Whitehead. 

Committees. 

Look  Out, 

Harriett  M.  Williams,  Julia  George, 

Fannie  B.  Woodruff,  Bessie  P.  Williams, 

E.  E.  Carman. 

Prayer  Meeting. 

H.  M.  Woodruff,  S.  E.  George, 

Nettie  M.  Haliday,  Adelaide  Weldon, 

Chas.  A.  Grove,  Jr. 

Social. 

Lizzie  Freeman,  Mamie  Baumgartner, 

Nellie  M.  Martin,  Mae  Urmston, 

J.  H.  Williams,  Wm.  E.  Higgins. 

Junior  BrancJi. 

Superintendents,  Mamie  Baumgartner,  Addie  Weldon. 

President,  Helen  Davis. 

Vice  President,  Grace  Avery. 

Treasurer,  Annie  Smith. 

Secretary,  May  Garthwaite. 

SUNDAY    SCHOOL    ASSOCIATION. 

President,  C.  R.  Oliver. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer,  H.  M.  Woodruff. 


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JUBILEE   SOUVENIR. 


CHURCH  ROLL* 


Allston,  Isabella 
Ayres,  Fanny 
Arnold,  Ephraim 
Arnold,  Naomi 
Allston,  Catharine 
Anderson,  Harriet 
Ayres,  Abigail  Ann 
Aird,  Miriam  C. 
Ayres,  Caroline  Euphemia 
Ayres,  Frazee 
Assman,  Albertina 
Assman,  Isabella 
Archer,  Mrs.  Cornelia  E. 
Ainsworth,  Mrs.  Katie  A. 
Ainsworth,  George  C. 

Ayers,  Mrs. 

Brown,  Mary 
Brown,  Ann 
Blackwell,  Enoch 
Brandt,  Jane 
Beams,  Elizabeth 
Bennet,  Sarah  B. 
Brokaw,  Phoebe 
Brown,  Edmund  M. 
Brown,  Ann 
Brower,  Elizabeth 
Bloomfield,  Nancy 
Burlew,  Isaac 
Brewster,  Ann 


Anderson,  Susan  Marsh 
Allen,  Mae  Oliver 
Ayres,  Frances 
Ainsworth,  Charlotte 
Arnold,  Martha  Tracy 
Arnold,  Harriette  Maynard 
Ayres,  Eveline 
Ackerman,  Ceorge  W. 
Archer,  Thomas 
Armon,  Albertina 
Armon,  Isabella 
Anson,  Lottie  F. 
Andrews,  Mrs.  Mollie  H, 
Avery,  Mrs.  Fanny 
Avery,  Mrs.  Anna  Laura 
Augusta  Amelia 

Bennet,  Thomas 
Brewster,  Sarah 
Brown,  Jane 
Bennet,  Mary 
Bennet,  Rachel 
Brookfield,  Huldah 
Baker,  Cornelius 
Baker,  Janette  J.  E. 
Baker,  William  E. 
Baker,  Phebe  Anna 
Baker,  Henrietta 
Brewster,  Joanna  Eliza 
Baker,  Matilda 


*  This  list  comprises  the  names  of  all  who  have  ever  been  members  of 
this  church  as  far  as  can  be  ascertained  from  the  church  books — whether 
deceased,  dismissed  or  dropped — as  well  as  those  who  are  still  in  active 
membership,  A  revised  roll  is  in  course  of  preparation  and  will  be  pub- 
lished soon  by  the  session  in  the  form  of  a  church  manual,  including 
only  those  members  now  in  "  good  standing"  in  the  church. 

Total  number  of  members  from  the  organization  of  the  church,  about 
thirteen  hundred. 


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69 


Baker,  Henry  Martyn 
Brown,  Eliza 
Brown,  Pliillips,  Jr. 
Brown,  Catherine 
Baier,  Amelia 
Brown,  Benjamin 
Brown,  Georgianna 
Briggs,  Lydia  Morris 
Briant,  John  A. 
Berry,  Albert 
Brant,  Susan 
Beach,  Sarah 
Barret,  Brittain  M. 
Baldwin,  S.  L.  Bloomfield 
Blackwood,  David 
Blackwood,  Martha 
Baumgartner,  Lawrence 
Baker,  Rhoda  B. 
Buehler,  Francis  J. 
Bloodgood,  Margaret  W. 
Bloomfield,  Zeruiah 
Barrett,  Arabella 
Blake,  Julia  J. 
Britton,  Susan 
Byrne,  Matilda 
Burchell,  Ebenezer  C 
Beach,  J.  M. 
Blake,  William  M. 
Baumgartner,  Mrs.  Jacobina 
Baumgartner,  Mark  W. 
Baumgartner,  Lawrence  B. 
Baumgartner,   Mrs.   Mary  S, 
Baumgartner,  Mamie 
Beach,  Joseph 
Beach,  Mrs.  Lydia 

Bull,  Mrs, 


Blake,  Rebecca  R. 
Bayley,  William 
Bayley,  Anna  Maria 
Bonnell,  Moses  W. 
Bonnell,  Elizabeth  M. 
Boyd,  Oscar  E. 
Boyd,  Mary  E. 
Bingham,  Ira 
Bingham,  Charlotte  M. 
Bingham,  Maretta 
Brohe,  Mary  F. 
Brown,   Philip 
Brown,  Jane 
Brant,  Isabella 
Brummell,  Jane 
Bender,  Henry 
Bayley,  Thomas  A. 
Brown,  Joseph 
Brown,  Amanda  K. 
Bogert,  Maria 
Bender,  Henry 
Bennet,  Grettie  Frazee 
Boyd,  Mary  F. 
Boyd,  Annie  M. 
Beebe,  Lillie  H. 
Boyd,  James  Oscar 
Bryan,  Mrs.  Ella  M. 
Brown,  Mrs.  Bessie 
Brower,  Mrs.  Mary  J. 
Brower,  Lizzie  Almira 
Brower,  Anna  Victoria 
Bloodgood,  Amanda 
Bayley,  Mrs.  Julia 
Bagley,  Valentine  Nye 
Bull,  Ira  B. 
Susan  W. 


Clark,  Sarah 
Clark,  Susan 
Crowell,  Margaret 


Clark,  Gertrude 
Clarkson,  Anne  C 
Calhoun,  Ann  L. 


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JUBILEE   SOUVENIR. 


Clawson,  Ira 
Cory,  Eliza 
Corey,  Lewis 
Clarkson,  John  E. 
Crane,  Ann  E. 
Coddington,  Rebecca 
Crosker,  Samuel 
Clark,  Lawrence 
Clarkson,  Esther 
Clarkson,  Mary  E. 
Coddington,  Rebecca 
Clark,  William 
Clark,  Sarah 
Clark,  Mary 
Connett,  Sarah 
Connett,  William 
Crowell,  John 
Clark,  Latham 
Cooper,  Rhoda 
Clark,  Mary 
Clark,  Rebecca  Ann 
Condict,  Sophia  L. 
Coriell,  Isaac 
Coriell,  Mary 
Cure,  Sarah  Emma 
Corenhoren,  Elizabeth 
Clark,  Elizabeth 
Coriell,  Margaret 
Crowell,  William  B. 
Crowell,  Margaret 
Clark,  Sarah  Terrill 
Compton,  James 
Compton,  Mary  P. 
Connett,  Sophia 
Chapin,  Mary  Harned 
Crowell,  Louisa 
Craig,  Susan  A. 
Corwin,  Phebe  Eliza 
Coriell,  Henrietta 
Coddington,  Jeanette 


Calhoun,  James  A. 
Clinton,  Henry 
Clinton,  Hannah 
Cole,  Lemuel  C 
Cole,  Joanna 
Crowell,  Sarah  Ann 
Cutter,  Sarah  Ann 
Connett,  Sarah  Elizabeth 
Crowell,  Harriet 
Chase,  George  A. 
Cisco,  John 
Cisco,  Elizabeth 
Cory,  Aaron  Kitchell 
Crowell,  Hannah 
Campbell,  Mary  Hayes 
Campbell,  Ellen  Slevens 
Clark,  Julia  Ann 
Clarkson,  Catharine 
Campbell,  Isabella 
Chapin,  Rachel 
Crowell,  Jas.  Henry 
Clark,  Sarah  Elizabeth 
Cooke,  Silas,  Jr. 
Cooke,  Hannah  Maria 
Crew,  Henry 
Cooper,  Maria  B. 
Campbell,  Lemuel 
Carle,  Lydia  (Jaques) 
Clark,  Maria  Margaret 
Clarkson,  Arabella 
Clarkson,  George 
Conklin,Mary  Eliz.(Higgins) 
Clark,  Patrick 
Clark,  Martha  C 
Calhoun,  Margaret 
Creego,  Alonson 
Creego,  Delia  Maria 
Compton,  Adelia 
Compton,  Wm.  Wallace 
Clarkson,  Elizabeth 


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71 


Cory,  Jonathan 
Cory,  Catherine 
Cooke,  Jabez  Mills 
Chapin,  Eliza  Ann 
Cory,  Susan  Radley 
Cottell,  Philomela  J. 
Clark,  Deborah 
Crowell,  Electa 
Cisco,  Edward  G. 
Clark,  Daniel  B. 
Clark,  Harriet  W. 
Coddington,  Eliza  Ann 
Coddington,  Hannah  M. 
Crowell,  Edward 
Crowell,  Ann  B. 
Chase,  Susan 
Crowell,  Eliza 
Chapin,  William 
Compton,  Alma 
Clarke,  Julia  A. 
Clark,  Nellie  F.  Williams 
Coope,  Anna  C. 
Chapin,  Caroline  S. 
Clarke,  Mrs.  Phoebe  Ann 
Clarke,  Mrs.  Susan  M. 
Clark,  Mrs.  Susan  E. 
Coddington,  Jos.  B. 
Coddington,  Mrs.  Sarah  J. 
Coddington,  Annie  L. 
Chapin,  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann 
Carman,  Henry  C. 
Carman,  Mrs.  M.  Augusta 
Crawford, 


Clark  Frances 
Craine,  Thomas 
Crane,  Maria 
Carter,  Mary  Jane 
Crate,  John 
Crate,  Mrs.  Jno. 
Clark,  William  E. 
Crowell,  Mary  M. 
Carpenter,  Mary  V. 
Clarke,  Charles  H. 
Crowell,  Hattie  (Clark) 
Chapin,  Mrs.  Catherine 
Clark,  Margaret  M. 
Carpenter,  Eliza  Kate 
Calhoun,  Annie  J. 
Carpenter,  John 
Clark,  Emma  Elizabeth 
Curtis,  Mary  L. 
Clark,  Agnes  Elizabeth 
Clark,  Hattie  Anna 
Clark,  Annie  Dayton 
Chapin,  Rachel  Pierson 
Carpenter,  Lizzie 
Carman,  Edward  E. 
Carman,  May  Evaline 
Cutter,  Mrs.  Mary  J. 
Campbell,  Elvira 
Crowell,  Mrs.  Abbie  A. 
Clarkson,  Lucy  Osborne 
Chambers,  John  H. 
Chambers,  Mrs.  Lizzie  Wood 
Cooper,  Laura  Tellfair 
Mrs.  Alice  Gay 


Deits,  Mrs.  Peter  D. 
Dunham,  Catherine  C 
Dunham,  Harriet 
De  Camp,  Eliza 
Dunham,  Samuel 
Darby,  Ezra 


Dunham,  Alfred 
Devoe,  Catherine 
Dunham,  John 
Dunham,  Rachel 
Dodd,  C.  A. 
Dodd,  Moses 


72 


JUBILEE    SOUVENIR. 


Disbrow,  Charlotte 
Disbrow,  Mary  Louisa 
Danforth,  Jonathan 
Danforth,  Ann  Eliza 
De  Veuve,  Julia  M. 
Disbrow,  Margaret  Poole 
Disbrow,  John  Fowler 
D'Camp,  Randolph 
D'Camp,  Margaret 
Dow,  Susanna  Phebe 
Dow,  Sarah 
Day,  Jane 

Disbrow,  Wm.  Henry 
De  Witt,  Guthrie 
Davidson,  Isabella 
Dodd,  Susan  Jaques 
De  Graw,  Maria  K. 
De  Camp,   Mary  Malvina 
Davidson,  Nancy 
D'Camp,  Henrietta 
Dodd,  Susan  E. 
Downing,  Carrie  Halliday 
Douglass,  James 
Douglass,  Mrs,  Augusta 
Dunn,  Mrs.  Anna  Maria 


De  La  Croix,  Joanna 

Darby,  Jane  M. 

Dale,  Jane  W. 

De  Camp,  Elizabeth  C 

Devoe,  Lydia 

Darby,  Euphemia 

Deutsch,  John  C. 

Deutsch,  Elanor 

Douglass,  Maria 

Disbrow,  Margaret  P. 

Dwight,  Helen  Louise 

Dwight,  John  F. 

Drake,  Susan  C.  (Pierson) 

Dunham,  John  A. 

Dunham,  Sarah  L. 

Dickson,  Emma 

Dunn,  Leonard 

Dunn,  Gershon 

Dey,  William  L. 

Darbey,  Rachel 

Dunn,   Henrietta 

Dunham,  Margaret  L. 

Dunham,  Susie 

Durand,  Harrison  Martin 

Durand,  Mrs.  Mahala  Higgins 


Evans,  Cesar 
Evans,  Hagar 
Enders,  Adeline 
Edgar,  John  B. 
Enders,  John 
Enders,  Catherine  B. 
Edgar,  Ursula  M. 
Enders,  James 
Enders,  Mrs.  Jas. 
Eddy,  Julia 

Edgar,  Phebe  Catherine 
Enders,  Julia 
Ely,  Mary  (Midgley) 
Edgar,  Ann  Wilhelmina 


Edgar,  Wm.  Matthias 

Eckerson.  Philip 

Edgar,  C'  H. 

Edgar,  Ann  H.  Babcock 

Eckerson,  Evelina 

Edgar,  Geo.  Baton 

Edgar,  Alexander 

Edgar,  Mary  Cornelia 

Enders,  Fanny 

Everingham,  Phebe  Anna 

Enders,  Marietta 

Enders,  Elizabeth    (Perkins) 

Ennis,  Thos.  W. 

Ennis,  Mrs.  C.  W. 


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73 


Edwards,  Mrs.  R.  Ewing,  Matilda  S. 

Endors,  Ann  B.  Easton,  Abigail  J. 

Ennis,  Anna  Isabel  Eaton,  Gussie 

Everson,  MrS.  Mary  Ellen 


Frazee,  Hannah 
Freeman,  Hagar 
Fornate,  Elizabeth 
Flatt,  Mariam  C.  (Aird) 
Finnegar,  Phebe 
Freeman,  Jane  (Guion) 
Florence,  John 
Florence,  Hannah 
Florence,  Harriet  N. 
Florence,  Matilda 
Flatt,  Jacob 
Flatt,  Hannah 

Freeman,   Jane  O.  (Thomp- 
son) 
Frazee,  Elizabeth 
Finch,  Jane 
Flatt,  Eliza 
Freeman,  Uel 
Force,  Susan  Morse 
Freeman,  Phebe 
Francisco,  Ann  H. 
Ferguson,  Jane 
Finnegar,  James 
Freeman,  Hetty 
Force,  Wm.  Harris 
Frazee,  Phineas 
Frazee,  Agnes 
Florence,  Martha  A. 
Fithian,  Mary  W. 
Folsom,  Mrs.  Eliza  A. 
Fowler,  Mrs.  Hannah  M. 
Fowler,  Clara  Bell 
Flake,  Frederick 
Flake,  Mrs.  Sophie 
Flake,  Annie  E.  J. 


French,  Mabel  K.  Tucker 

Frazee,  Mary  Elizabeth 

Flatt,  Rachel  A. 

Freeman,  William  T. 

Florence,  Martha  Amelia 
(Ross) 

Freeman,  Agnes 

Freeman,  Susan  M. 

Forbes,  Jane 

Fithian,  Lemuel  S. 

Fiihian,  Anna  D. 

Fithian,  Isabella 

Folsom,  Marietta  C. 

Freeman,  Solomon 

Freeman,  Isabella 

Folsom,  Levi 

Folsom,  Ella  M. 

Folsom,  Julia^ 

Folsom,  Rachel  F. 

Flake,  Frederick  Wm. 

Forbes,  Catherine  V.  G. 

Folsom,  Josephine  Mary 

Fordham,  Mary  C. 

Frazee,  Adelia 

Frazee,  William  D. 

Folsom,  Clara 

Folsom,  Dora 

Freeland,  Catherine  (Lud- 
low) 

Freeman,  Lizzie 

France,  Alonzo 

France,  Mrs.  Hannah  M. 

Fyfe,  Alexander  T. 

Fyfe,  Mrs.  A.  T. 

Florence,  Mrs.  Charlotte  B. 


74 


JUBILEE    SOUVENIR. 


Flake,  John  Henry 
Flake,  Fredrica  D. 

Gillchrist,  Hetty 
Gage,  J.  Smith 
Green,  Sarah 
Griffin,  Abigail 
Gage,  Ursula  F. 
Geery,  Mary  Jane 
Giiion,  Frances  Jane 
Garthwaite,  Abigail 
Gage,  Harriet 
Geary,  Mary 
Gundaker,  Charles 
Garthwaite,  S.  Freeman 
Garthwaite,  Mrs.  Mary  M. 
Garthwaite,  Oscar  B. 
Garthwaite,  Mrs.  Margaret  E. 
Geery,  Wm.  John 
Geery,  Mrs.  Susannah 
Gray,  Mrs.  S.  Amelia 
Gray,  DeWitt  Clinton 
Gay,  Matthew  T. 
Gay,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Gibbons,  Henry  W. 
Goodall,  Mrs.  Ella  L. 
Grove,  Charles  A. 

Hadden,  Nathaniel 
Hyde,  Betsey 
Hunt,  Sarah 

Haydock,    Hannah    (Black- 
well) 
Higgins,  Fanny 
Hunt,  Catherine 
Hill,  Clarissa  P. 
Hampton,  Harriet 
Hay,  Charlotte  W. 
Henderson,  Elizabeth  B. 
Heath,  Jane 


Feald,  Mrs.  Katie  Hunter 
Feald,  Mrs.  Annie  Hunter 

Gundaker,  Ella 
Gale,  Roberta  Rosalie 
Grant,  Elizabeth  B. 
Gibbons,  Elizabeth  C. 
Gay,  Joanna  M. 
Glynn,  Caroline 
Garthwaite,  Jeremiah 
Gay,  Mrs.  Wm.  Alfred 
Gay,  Maude  C. 
Gould,  Elenor 
Garthwaite,  Mrs.  Mary 
Grove,  Mrs.  Anna 
Grove,  Charles  A.,  Jr. 
Ganswyk,  Cora  Eveline 
George,  Edward 
George,  Mrs.  Emily 
George,  Julia 
George,  Samuel  Edward 
George,  Benjamin  James 
George,  Mrs.  Jennie  Hunter 
Gardner,  Francis 
Gardner,  Johanna  Pierson 
Gardner,  Celia  E. 
Gisel,  Mary 

Henderson,  Abigail  D. 
Higgins,  Lydia  Ann 
Hadden,  Phebe 
Halsted,  Martha  Adela 
High,  John,  Jr. 
High,  Sarah 
Higgins,  Mary 
Hampton,  Betsy  (Ayres) 
Hall,  Edward  A. 
Hall,  Mary  A. 
Halsey,  Caleb 
Halsey,  Sophia 


ORGANIZA  riON  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


75 


Henry,  Ann  Eliza 
High,  Rachel  Squier 
High,  Phebe  Haines 
Higgins,  Mary  Elizabeth 
Halliday,  Robert 
Halliday,  Jane 
High,  Mary 
Hammill,  Henriette 
Holdsworth,  Mary 
Hewitt,  Frances  Adelaide 
Hall,  Mary  Ann 
Hawkins,  Abby  K.  (Wood) 
Howe,  Elizabeth 
Howe,  Anne  Jane 
Hobdy,  Sally 
Higgins,  Joseph  T. 
Higgins,  Susan  C. 
Hoff,  Nancy 
Howe,  Mary 
Higgins,  Isaac 
Higgins,  Mrs.  Betsy 
Higgins,  William  E. 
Halliday,  John  A. 
Halliday,  Mary  J. 
Halliday,  Mrs.  Caroline 
Halliday,  Nettie  M. 
Halliday,  Frank  H. 
Halliday,  Mrs.  Ella  Trussler 
Halliday,  Maggie  T. 
Hazard,  Ella 


Hedenberg,  Fresille 
Henderson,  M.  A. 
Henderson,  Margaret 
Hough,  Almira  W. 
Harned,   Mary  J. 
Harned,  Charlotte  A. 
Hanna,  Mary  A. 
Hopper,  Caroline  R. 
Helvety,  Electora 
High,  Anna  S. 
Hitchcock,  Mrs.  A. 
Hitchcock,  Olive  H. 
Haven,  Mary  Jane 
High,  Sarah 
Hannah,  Margaret  A. 
Hannah,  Mary  E. 
Halliday,  Agnes  M.  (Russ) 
Heimmell,  Elizabeth  Sarah 
Hall,  Katie  Tooker 
Hunt,  Mrs.  Caroline  R. 
Hunt,  Caroline  W. 
Hatton,  Mrs.  Jennie  Hough 
High,  Mrs.  Mary 
Harned,  Mrs.  Sarah  A. 
Horton,  Richard 
Horton,  Mrs.  Louise  T. 
Hurley,  Richard 
Holder,  Lizzie 
Hattle,  Emma 
Howard,  Sarah  A. 


Inslee,  Charles  Thos.  Iiiglis,  James 

Imbrie,  Elizabeth  Miller 


Jackson,  Mary 
Jewell,  Sarah 
Jaques,  Charlotte 
Jaques,  Clarissa 
Jaques,  Lydia  (Carle) 
Jaques,  Louisa 
Johnson,  Sarah 


Jewell,  Cornelius 
Jaques,  William 
Jaques,  Zipporah 
Jackson,  John  M. 
Jackson,  Susanna 
Jaques,  Alonzo 
Jaques,  Susan  E. 


76 


JUBILEE    SOUVENIR. 


Jackson,  Lembee 
Johnson,  William  E. 
James,  Fanny  Thompson 
Janeway,  John  H. 
Janeway,  Isabella  E. 
Janeway,  Mrs.  J.  P. 
Jardine,  Ann 
Jardine,  Isabella 
Jaques,  Harriet 
Johnson,  Sarah 
Jardine,  Maggie  E. 
Jobes,  William  W. 

King,  Abigail 
King,  Frederick 
King,  Abby  La  Rue 
Kilpatrick,  Alexander 
Kilpatrick,  Louisa  C. 
Kip,  Susan 

Kline,  Charity  (D'Camp) 
Kelly,    Charlotte     H.  (Wat- 
son) 

Lick,  Maria 

Ludley,  Mary 
Laing,  Cuffee 
Laing,  James  B. 
Lawrence,  Rachel 
Long,  Phebe  C. 
Linbarger,  Ann 
Lambert,  Eliza 
Lawrence,  Rachel  Catherine 
Loree,  Mary 
Ludlow,  Bethiah 
Ludlow,  Watson 
Lathrop,  Charlotte  B. 
Linbarger,  Mary  A. 
Loree,  Wm.  Mulford 
Lonnsbury  Wm.   Henry 
Leonard,  Lydia 


Jameson,  Catherine  A. 
Jaques,  May  T. 
Jaques,  Louisa 
Johnson,  Jeremiah,  Sr. 
Johnson,  Catherine  A. 
Jordan,  Mary  E. 
Johnson,  Jeremiah,  Jr. 
Johnson,  Cornelia 
Johnson,  Mary  E.  C. 
Johnson,  Charlotte 
Jobes,  Mrs.  Christiana 
Johnson,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  W. 

Knabeshu,  Edward 
Kelly,  Parmela 
King,  Caroline  Louisa 
King,  Frederick,  L. 
King,  Albert  Barnes 
Kidder,  Harriet 
Kelly,  Frank  P. 
Kirkpatrick,  James  W. 
Kidd,  Thomas  A. 

Love,  Margaret 

Ludlum,  Julia  B.    (Smith) 

Leary,  Hannah  (Woodruff) 

Lott,  Elsie  Ray 

Lee,  Eliza  (Noe) 

Lott,  Harriet  Augusta  (Van- 

derbilt) 
Lovell,  Lillian  Vincent 
Lathrop,  Charles  C. 
Lee,  George  Edward 
Lathrop,  Girard 
Lathrop,  Mary 
Lathrop,  Charlotte  E. 
Lott,  Elizabeth  Ray 
Lee,  Adeline  Starr 
Lawrence,  William 
Laing,  Augustus  C. 


ORGANIZA  TION  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


77 


Laing,  Mary  (Squier) 
Littell,  Maria 
Lee,  Anne  A. 
Lee,  Sarah  Francis 
Leveridge,  Delavetta  C. 
La  Forge,  Nathaniel  T 
La  Forge,  Henriette 
Lawrence,  Amelia  C. 
Ludlow,  Chas.  Wallace 
Ludlow,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Grove 
Lints,  Francis 

Leonard,  Mrs 

Martin,  Mrs.  Nancy 
Martin,  William 
Miller,  Thankful 
Morse,  Lette 
Morse,  Amos 
Morris,  Jane  William 
Marsh,  Frazee 
Martin,  Nancy 
Miller,  Lavina 
Morris,  Margaret 
Mundy,  Phebe 
Marsh,  Sarah 
Marsh,  Catherine 
Marsh,  Rebecca  J. 
Martin,  Wm.  Mulford 
Mundy,  Francis 
Marsh,  Mary  B. 
Martin,  Joanna  C, 
Meeker,  Sarah 
Mundy,  Henry 
Mundy,  Rebecca 
Mundy,  Phebe  A. 
Mundy,  Henry  F. 
Mundy,  Mary  C. 
Morris,  Bethiah 
Morgan,   Hannah  O.  (Carth- 
waite) 


Laing,  Mary  W.  (Cole) 
Laing,  Ida  D. 
Littell,  Mrs.  H.  S. 
Lavere,  Luther 
Lamson,  Warren  H. 
La  Forge,  Hannah  E. 
Lambert,  Maria  C. 
Ludlow,  Mrs.  Juliette 
Lints,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 
Lawrence,  Thos.  C. 
Lawrence,  Mrs.  Lizzie  L. 
.  Ada  Rowland 

Moore,  Lydia  (Tucker) 
Mills,  Thomas  P. 
Moore,  Caroline  L. 
Moore,  Eliza 
Martin,  Hannah 
Marsh,  Deborah 
Marsh,  Albert 
Manning,  Sarah 
Manton,  Richard 
Miller,  Moses 
Melick,  Mary  M. 
Miller,  Sarah 
Martin,  Sarah 
Moore,  Phineas 
Moore,  Mary  Ann 
Martin,  Rhoda 
Martin,  Elizabeth  (Frazee) 
Mooney,  Linus  H. 
Martin,  Mary 
Marsh,  Joanna 
Marsh,  Joanna  Latham 
McClennan,  Elizabeth 
Marsh,  Elizabeth 
Marsh,  Rhoda  Briant 
Martin,  Ira  Campbell 
Moore,  Elizabeth 
Morgan,  Wm.  Alexander 


78 


JUBILEE   SOUVENIR. 


Martin,  Susan  Burl 
Martin,  Elizabeth 
Martin,  Mary  Malvina 
May,  Mary  Ann 
Martin,  Fanny 
Merritt,  Elizabeth 
Mattaner,  Susan 
Miller,  Joanna  (Marsh) 
Mooney,  Charlotte 
Martin,  Anna  Maria 
Mundy,  Henry  E. 
Mundy,  Francis  (Connett) 
Manning,  Phebe  Ayres 
Mundy,  Virginia  Vail 
McKenzie,  Mary   Ely 
Miller,  Margaret 
McKenzie,   Abigail  H. 
Meeker,  Phebe  Elizabeth 

(Osborn) 
McComb,  Rachel 
McComb,  Esther 
Morss,  Mary  Ann 
Marsh,  Emily 
Midgley,  Robt.  Liston 
Morris,  Sarah  C. 
Munroe,  Ansil  W. 
More,  Mary  W. 
Mooney,  Norman 
Melick,  Julia  R. 
Morse,  J.  V.  T. 
Meeker,  Anna 
Meeker,  Kate 
Miller,  William  N. 
Miller,  Susan  W. 
Miller,  Deborah 
Mullen,  Mrs.  E.  B. 
Marsh,  Isaac 
Marsh,  Elizabeth  S. 
Marsh,  Thomas 
Marsh,  William  B.,  Jr. 


Miller,  Myrtella 
Miller,  Anna  E. 
Moore,  Margaret 
Mundy,  Crowell 
Mundy,  Josephine 
Miller,  Mary  P. 
Moore,  Lydia 
Morgan,  William,  Jr. 
Mundy,  William  B. 
Moore,  Henry  S. 
Mundy,  Francis  May 
Martin,  May  Augustus 
McKenzie,  William 
Mooney,  Thirza 
Miller,  Sarah 
Moore,  Mary  W. 
Montgomery,  Victoria  E. 
Miller,  Susan 
Mount,  John  H. 
Moore,  Martha 
McKenzie,  Wm.  G. 
McKenzie,  Ann 
Mills,  Matilda  S. 
Marsh,  Rolph  Denman 
Marsh,  Thomas 
McCann,  Annie 
Miller,  Mary  J. 
Marbough,  Mary  E. 
McCaffery,  David 
McCaffery,  Hannah 
McCaffery,  Anna 
Mundy,  William  B. 
Mundy,  Mary  F. 
McKechnie,Rachel(  Webster) 
McKenzie,  Adele  Woodruff 
Morss,  Margaret  Ann 
Morss,  Mrs.  Ida 
Martin,  Mrs.  Rachel  M. 
Martin,  Mrs.  Mary  Elizabeth 
Martin,  Nellie  M. 


ORGANIZA  riON  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


79 


Marsh,  David  A. 

Marsh,  John 

Marsh,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 

McKenzie,  William  V. 

McKenzie,  Mrs.  Maria 

McKenzie,  Raphael  M. 

McKenzie,  Lavina  M. 

McKenzie,  Edward  T. 

McKenzie,  Joel  B. 

Mundy,  Luther  B. 

Morss,  John  R. 

Morss,  Mrs.  Charlotte  A. 

McGucken,  Mrs.  Blanche  A. 


Martin,  Anna  Laura 
Moore,  Michael  F. 
Moore,  Mrs.  Deborah  Ann 
Moore,  Mrs.  Annie  L.  Weber 
Miller,  Mrs.  Lizzie  H. 
Miller,  Mrs.  Mary  P. 
Miller,  Charles  Wills 
Merrit,  Mrs.  Helen 
Moorhouse,  Elnora 
Moorhouse,  Mrs.  Louisa  M. 
Moorhouse,  Lillian 
Main,  Annie  Ray 
Mundrane,  Sarah  Ruth 


Neal,  Isaac 

Noe,  Eliza 

Noe,  Mary 

Noe,  Abigail 

Noe,  Smith  H. 

Noe,  Catharine 

Noe,  Sarah  Ann 

Noe,  Jane 

Noe,  John  M. 

Noe,  Catharine  A. 

Noe,  Elizabeth 

Noe,  Mrs.  Sarah  W. 

Oliver,  Joseph,  Sr. 

Osborne,  Uzal  M. 

Oliver,  Nancy 

Osborne,  Sarah  A. 

Oliver,  Margaret 

Osborne,  Mary  E. 

Oliver,  Jacob 

Oliver,  Hannah  M. 

Oliver,  Maria 

Oliver,  Madge  E.   (Tucker) 

Oliver,  Joseph,  Jr. 

Oliver,  Blanche 

Oakley,  Rhoda  M. 

Oliver,  Ella  W. 

Oliver,  Harriet 

Oliver,  Charles  R. 

Oliver,  Margaret  K. 

Oliver,  Mrs.  Charlotte  E. 

Oliver,  Samuel  M. 

Oliver,  Mrs.  Mary  M. 

Oliver,  Clarence  A. 

Oliver,  Eva  M. 

Pierson,  Esther 
Price,  Benjamin  M. 
Pike,  Zipporah 
Provost,  James 
Provost,  Louisa 
Pearson,  Jane  E. 
Page,  Theophilus 


Price,  Ann 

Potter,  Jacob  M. 

Potter,  Jane  E. 

Parker,  Sarah 

Prudens,  Caroline  Tucker 

Perry,  Isaac 

Potter,  Jeanette 


JUBILEE    SOUVENIR. 


Pearson,  Elizabeth 
Proudfoot,  Sarah 
Pomeroy,  Mrs.  Mary  H. 
Pendleton,  Frank  G. 
Pierson,  Mrs.  Julia. 
Potter,  Edward  C. 
Potter,  Mrs.  Mary  Elizabeth 
Potter,  Alice  C. 


Pendleton,  Helen 
Palmer,  James 
Palmer,  Jane 
Place,  Milan  Burdette 
Potter,  Edward  C,  Jr. 
Potter,  Mrs.  Mae  White 
Potter,  Frank  L. 
Potter,  William  Dunn 


Payson,  Mrs.  Mary  P. 


Robertson,  Mary  C.  R. 

Robertson,  Mary 

Robsin,  Mary 

Robertson,  Mary  J.  R. 

Rhino,  Martha  (Gage) 

Randolph,  Sarah  Ann 

Richards,  Maria 

Read,  Phebe  (Mundy) 

Robertson,  Harriet 

Reed,  Ann  T. 

Ross,  Mary  Jane  (Clark) 

Roe,  Pamela 

Rose,  William  H. 

Reid,  John 

Robinson,  Maria 

Roe,  Sarah 

Robertson,      Susan       (Lin- 

barger) 
Richards,  John  Chandler 
Reynolds,  Phebe 
Ramsey,  Jane  Elizabeth 
Rigby,  Charity 
Roe,  Jason  H. 
Randolph,  Isabella 
Randolph,  Joseph  F. 
Ross,  William 
Ross,  Mrs.  Phoebe  Maria 
Ross,  Abbie  B. 
Ross,  Mrs.  Katie  Chapin 
Reifle,  Marx 


Richards,  Francis  Woodhull 
Roll,  Sarah  C. 
Rowland,  Simeon 
Reynolds,  Robt.  M. 
Rayno,  Mary  Ann 
Rindoll,  Gilbert 
Rindoll,  Phebe 
Reynolds,  Martha 
Randolph,  Elizabeth 
Renton,  Alexander 
Renton,  Jane 
Renaud,  AVilliam 
Renaud,  Ellen 
Roll,  Imogene  J. 
Reynolds,  Catherine 
Ryno,  William  H. 
Ross,  Louise  M.  (Coin) 
Russell,  William  W. 
Robinson,  James 
Robinson,  Georgette  A. 
Robinson,  Gertrude  A. 
Robinson,  Francis  A. 
Runyan,  Jennie  R. 
Ryno,  David  L. 
Reifle,  Mrs.  Caroline  E. 
Ryno,  Mrs.  Ida  V. 
Ryno,  Alfred  Louis 
Randolph,  Mrs.  Mary  Ryno 
Ritter,  Mrs.  Susan 
Reeder,  Mrs.  Annie  Elizabeth 


Ryno,  Mary 


ORGANIZA  TION  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


Stansbury,  Lydia 
Shotwell,  Rachel 
Scott,  Thomas 
Snowden,  EHzabeth 
Scott,  Mary 
Silvers,  Noah 
Shay,  Ebenezer  Price 
Stanford,  David 
Squier,  Rachel  P. 
Scudder,  Phebe 
Shotwell,  Aaron,  Jr. 
Shotwell,  Lydia 
Shotwell,  Mary  B. 
Scudder,  John  L. 
Stanford,  Mary  Ann 
Skinner,  John 
Smith,  Phebe 
Smith,  Benjamin  E. 
Smith,  Harriet  E. 
Smith,  Julia  Bartholomew 
Shipman,  Harriet 
Scudder,  William  H. 
Squier,  Cyrus  Sanders 
Shittler,  Mary  Ann 
Squier,  Margaret  Oliver 
Squier,  Phebe 
Smith,  Julia  Ann 
Stansbury,  Jacob 
Stansbury,  Agnes 
Sutton,  Priscella 
Scott,  Mary 
Sharpe,  Sarah  (Searle) 
Shafer,  Thos,  Henderson 
Silkesworth,  Maria 
Shafer,  Caroline  E.  (Webb) 
Seaton,  Mary  Hayes  (Camp- 
bell) 
Stratton,  Hannah  B. 
Seeton,  Parmela  (Kelly) 
Sours,  Peter 


Sours,  Mary 
Squier,  Mary 
Smith,  Mary  Ann 
Scisco,  Mary  E.  (Frazee) 
Schindler,  Elizabeth 
Sheddan,  Mary  B. 
Savage,  George  W. 
Savage,  Mary  E. 
Sheidudner,  Mrs.  Philip 
Squier,  Joanna 
Stagg,  Catharine 
Savage,  Letitia  S. 
Savage,  Joseph  W. 
Savage,  Josephine 
Scott,  Anna  E. 
Stagg,  Abby  J. 
Sheddan,  Maggie  C. 
Selover,  Cornelius  D. 
Selover,  Gertrude   Elizabeth 
Schnittker,  Hermann 
Squire,  Maria  L. 
Squire,  Rachel  E, 
Stiles,  J.  Egbert 
Stiles,  Ruhannah  H. 
Stiles,  Jas.  Ezra  B. 
Stetson,  John  A. 
Stetson,  Henriette 
Sweet,  Lillie  Lytle 
Shotwell,  Lillie  Hallet  , 
Scisco,  William  D. 
Savage,  Letitia 
Steele,  Carabelle 
Stetson,  Mary  C. 
Stetson,  Fannie  N. 
Swenson,  Oliver  A. 
Stiles,  Letitia  K. 
Shaun,  Carrie  U. 
Squier,  Marietta  B. 
Stetson,  Elbert  B. 
Springfield,  Henry  M. 


82 


JUBILEE   SOUVENIR. 


Smith,  Annie  E. 
Scisco,  Edward  G. 
Scisco,  Mary  Emma 
Schnittker,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
Schnittker,  Jennie  E. 
Stansbury,  Agnes  A. 
Squire,  Mrs.  Sarah  J. 
Squire,  Hattie  H. 
Squier,  Mrs.  Ellen  K.  W. 
Squier,  Harriet  M. 
Shotwell,  Mrs.  Mary  Jane 


Shotwell,  Mary  Wood 
Shotwell,  Emily  A. 
Stacy,  James  G. 
Stacy,  Mrs.  Isabel 
Stacy,  Elizabeth  Scott 
Stacy,  Adriana  Melville 
Stacy,  Isabelle  Maude 
Story,  Irving  W. 
Story,  Mrs.  Catherine  W. 
Stell,  William  Harvey 
Stell,  Mrs.  Lizzie  Martin 


Smith,  Frederick  Arkell 


Tucker,  Aaron 
Terrill,  Abigail 
Terrill,  Rachel 
Tucker,  R-achel 
Tucker,  Hannah 
Turner,  Prudence 
Terrill,  Jacob,  Jr. 
Thompson,  Jonathan 
Thompson,  Bethiah 
Thorp,  Elizabeth 
Trembly,  Nancy 
Tooker,  Stephen  C. 
Terrill,  Abraham 
Tooker,  Ann 
Thorp,  Nathan  Harvey 
Thorn,  Catharine 
Tooker,  John  M. 
Thompson,  Edward 
Thwing,  Hannah  J. 
Taylor,  Jane  B. 
Terrill,  Julia  (Enders) 
Terrill,  Margaret  V. 
Tucker,  Abby 
Trussler,  Elizabeth  J. 
Townsend,  Lottie   E. 
Tichenor,  Mrs.  Mary  H. 
Terrill,  Mrs.  J.  C 

Trussler 


Tucker,  Fannie 
Tucker,  Anna  G. 
Tobez,  J.  Robert 
Townsend,  Mary  A. 
Thompson,  Nancy 
Trussler,  Eliza 
Taylor,  James  S. 
Tavernor,  Joseph 
Tavernor,  Ann 
Trembly,  Mary 
Thorne,  Franklin  B. 
Thorne,  Helen  M. 
Taborn,  James  W. 
Taborn,  Annie  M. 
Thorne,  Helen  P. 
Thorne,  Georgiana 
Toms,  Sarah  Elizabeth 
Townsend,  Isaac 
Townsend,  Eliza 
Tremley,  Frances  S. 
Tucker,  William  E. 
Tucker,  Florence  L. 
Tucker,  Blanche  L. 
Tucker,  Emily  L. 
Terrill,  Mrs.  Ann  Augusta 
Terrill,  Mrs.  Sarah  C. 
Terrill,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  H. 
Maggie 


ORGANIZA  riON  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


83 


Urmston,  Letitia  K. 
Urniston,  John 
Urmston,  Sarah  (Harris) 
Underhill,  Blandina  C. 
Urmston,  Franklin 
Urmston,  Louise  B. 
Urmston,  Mrs.  Lydia 
Urmston,  Mrs.  Emma 

Van  Black,  Phillis 
Van  Winkle,  Frances 
Vreeland,  Locky 
Van  Pelt,  William 
Voorhees,  Abby 
Van  Kirk,  Harriet 
Van  Winkle,  Catharine 
Van  Kirk,  Mary  C. 
Vanderbilt,  Jeremiah 
Vanderbilt,  Hannah 
Vail,  Ann  Eliza 
Vail,  Robert  Clarkson 
Vail,  Mary  Elizabeth 
Van  Vliet,  John, 
Van  Vliet,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 

Winans,  Elizabeth 
Winans,  Sarah 
Woodruff,  Phebe 
Woodruff,  Jacob  L. 
Woodruff,  Joseph 
Wood,  Margaret 
Wilson,  Elizabeth 
Woodruff,  Joanna 
Wood,  Sarah 
Wood,  David,  T. 
Wheeler,  Matilda 
White,  Elizabeth  T. 
Wilcox,  Esther  (Drummond) 
White,  Henry 
Woodruff,  Jonathan 


Urmston,  Laura  A. 
Urmston,  Jennie  C. 
Underhill,  Blandena 
Underhill,  Louise 
Urmston,  J.  Joseph 
Urmston,  Thomas 
Urmston,  Letitia  Mae 
Urmston,  Mary  Edith 

Vanderbilt,  Harriet  Augusta 
Vail,  Violetta  M. 
Vail,  Caroline 
Van  Winkle,  Julia  (Clark) 
Van  Houten,  Lewis  M. 
Van  Houten,  Mary 
Vanderhoren,  Emma 
Van  Sickle,  Margaret 
Van  Fleet,  John  C. 
Van  Fleet,  Mary  M. 
Vandervoort,  Lucretia 
Vandervoort,  Lizzie 
Vandervoort,  Ralph  J. 
Van  Ortwick,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
Van  Martyr,  Mrs.  Ann  E. 

Wilkinson,  Sophia  M.  (Lyons 

Wood,  Rebecca 

Webb,  George  F. 

Wood,  William  T. 

Woodruff,  Elizabeth 

Woodruff,  Christopher  Den- 
man 

Woodruff,  Hetty 

Woodruff,  William  S. 

Woodruff,  Catherine  D. 

Wilkins,  Sarah  M. 

Woodruff,  Alvira  (Martin) 

Woodruff,  Margaret  (Crow- 
ell) 

Woodruff,  Benjamin 


84 


JUBILEE   SOUVENIR. 


Woodruff,  Erastus  W. 
Woodruff,  Mary  Jane 
White,  Susan   Burl  (Martin) 
Woodruff,  Anna  Wood 
Wilson,  Mary  Eliz.    (Wood- 
ruff) 
Walter,  Jacob 
Walter,  Catharine 
Woodruff,  Hannah 
Winans,  Susan 
Woodruff,  Joanna 
Woodruff,  Andrew  D. 
Woodruff,  Mary  Jane 
Woodruff,  Mary  D. 
Wooding,  Mary  B. 
Whyte,  David 
Whyte,  Jane 
Whyte,  Elizabeth 
Wood,  Joanna  E.  (Brewster) 
Woodruff,  Phebe   H. 
Winans,  Rebecca  P. 
Wickart,  Getty  Ann 
Wendt,  Harriet  (Crowell) 
White,  Joseph  L. 
White,  Eliza  T. 
Williams,  Lydia 
Woodruff,  Wm.  Crowell 
Williams,  Oliver  S, 
Whitehead,  Elizabeth 
Wolley,  Adelia  Ann 
Woodruff,  Christopher  D. 
Wilkins,  Isaac 
Ward,  Rebecca  M. 
Williams,  H. 

Williams,  Eveline  Winans 
Williams,  Susan 
Wright,  Elizabeth 
Williams,  Charles  P. 
Williams,  Elizabeth 
Wygant,  Almina 


Wells,  William  E. 

Wells,  Anna  P. 

Wolley,  Lottie  F.  (Ander- 
son) 

Ward,  A.  A. 

Ward,  Hannah  D. 

Westervelt,  John 

Watson,  Susan  J. 

Williams,  Florence  Hattie 

Williams,  Richard  L. 

Woodruff,  Ella  L. 

Woodruff,  Helen  Louise 

Woodruff,  Henry  K. 

Weldon,  John  M. 

Weldon,  Ellen  J. 

Whitehead,  Deborah  A. 

Wood,  Mrs.  Susan 

Woodruff,  Janette  E. 

Woodruff,  Alice  Bell 

Wyckoff,  Ellen 

Walker,  Francis  Etta 

Wells,  Carrie 

Wyckoff,  Charles  S. 

Woodruff,  Louise  Nellie 
(Gay) 

Wyckoff,  Christian 

Wycoff,  Letitia  C. 

Wycoff,  Anna  Bishop 

Watson,  David 

Walker,  Fanny  H. 

Wyckoff,  Peter  G. 

Wyckoff,  Sarah  E. 

Westervelt,  Mary  L. 

Wyckoff,  Charles 

Woodruff,  Elizabeth  Ross 

Webster,  Mrs.  Rachel 

Woodruff,  John  P.  J. 

Ward,  John  W. 

Ward,  Adelia  W. 

Woodruff,  Mrs.  Sophia  L. 


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85 


Woodruff,  Mary  E. 
Woodruff,  Maria 
Woodruff,  Emma 
Woodruff,  Lucy 
Woodruff,  Henry  M. 
Woodruff,  Mrs.  Ada  V. 
Woodruff,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
Woodruff,  Fannie  B. 
Woodruff,  Charles  F. 
Woodruff,  Mrs.  Alice  M. 
Williams,  Frederick  G. 
Williams,  Mary  L. 
Williams,  John  H. 

Yates,  Sarah  N. 


Williams,  Harriet  M. 
Williams,  Elizabeth  P. 
White,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
White,  Lydia  Haviland 
Whiting,  Emily  E. 
Whitehead,  Elias 
Weldon,  Mrs.  Helen 
Weldon,   Adelaide 
Wraight,  Mrs.  Maria. 
Wraight,  Mrs.  Annie  F. 
Waters,  James  C. 
Whitemore,  Annie  D. 
Woodruff,  Mrs.  Jacob 

Young,  Cornelia 


Pew-holders. 


McKenzie,  W.  V. 
Harned,  Mrs. 
Jardine,  Miss  M. 
White,  Miss  Lydia. 
Fowler,  Thomas. 
Higgins,  Isaac. 
Jardine,  Thomas. 
Baumgartner,  L. 
Merritt,  Wm.  H. 
Cutter,  Mrs.  M.  J. 
Morehouse,  Joseph. 
Woodruff,  Miss  M. 
Oliver,  Miss  Ella. 
Bagley,  Valentine. 
Shotwell,  Mrs,  A.  F. 
Carman,  H.  C. 
Stacy,  James  G. 
Hough,  Dr. 
Martin,  Mrs.  Mary. 
Gay,  M.  T. 
Terrill,  W.  C. 
Flake,  Fred'k. 
Urmston,  J.  J. 


Mundy,  E.  L. 
Clark,  Mrs.  W.  E. 
Dunham,  Miss  Maggie. 
Jardine,  Mrs. 
Geery,  Wm.  J. 
Morehouse,  Mrs.  James. 
Marsh,  Wm.  B. 
Horton,  Richard. 
Haliday,  John  A. 
Woodruff,  Mrs.  J.  L. 
Terrill,  Mrs.  A. 
Ludlow,  J.  C. 
Bull,  Ira. 
Oliver,  C.  R. 
Ward,  C.  D. 
Waters,  James  C. 
Oliver,  S.  M. 
Marsh,  Miss  Lizzie. 
High,  Linus. 
Woodruff,  H.  M. 
Oliver,  Mrs.  Mary. 
Van  Vliet,  John. 
Garthwaite,  S.  F. 


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JUBILEE    SOUVENIR. 


Woodruff,  E.  W. 
Martin,  F.  W. 
Pierson,  Mrs.  Julia. 
Ainsworth,  Geo. 
Whitehead,  Elias. 
Haliday,  A.  J. 
Schnediker,  Miss  Jennie. 
Lawrence,  Thomas. 
Jobs,  Wm. 
Riefle,  Marx 
Williams,  Miss  Minnie. 
Dunn,  Mrs.  G. 
Morss,  Jno.  R. 
Oliver,  Miss  Hattie. 
Chapin,  Mrs.  J.  D. 
Squier,  Miss  Hattie. 
Deane,  H.  W. 
Ayres,  Mrs.  Ira. 
Parsons,  Mrs. 
Vail,  J.  W. 
Coles,  W.  H.  C. 
Wraight,  Mrs. 
Van  Ortwick,  Mrs.  J. 
Compton,  Miss  Adelia. 
Blacklock,  Robert. 
Squire,  William  C. 


Terrill,  L.  D. 
Gray,  Mrs.  S.  A. 
Woodruff,  Mrs.  John. 
Clark,  James  H. 
Freeman,  Uel. 
Potter,  E.  C. 
Archer,  Mrs.  C. 
Hankins,  J.  T. 
Haliday,  Samuel. 
Moore,  Mrs.  A. 
Baumgartner,  M.  W, 
Woodruff,  C.  F. 
Vail,  Israel. 
Florence,  John  D. 
Douglas,  James. 
Van  Ortwick,  M.  H. 
Goodall,  A.  P. 
France,  Alonzo, 
Andrews,  Thomas. 
Fealds,  F.  D. 
Stell,  Wm.  Harvey. 
Hurley,  Richard. 
Sommers,  A. 
Van  Mater,  Mrs.  A.  E. 
Clark,  Mrs.  Lewis. 
Wygant,  Mrs. 


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87 


SUNDAY  SCHOOL. 

OFFICERS. 


C.  R.  Oliver, 

H.  M.  Woodruff, 
J.  R.  Morss, 

D.  W.  C.  Gray, 
L.  Baumgartner, 
H.  Durand, 
Willard  Freeman, 
I.  W.  Story, 

C.  W.  Ludlow, 

Miss  Bessie  Williams, 

John  R.  Morss, 


Archer,  Mrs.  Thos. 
Bull,  Ira. 

Carman,  Mrs.  H.  C. 
Clark,  Mrs.  S.  M. 
Dunham,  Maggie. 
Flake,  Mrs.  S.  L. 
Freeman,  Lizzie. 
France,  Alonzo. 
Gray,  Mrs.  S.  A. 
George,  Julia. 
Gardner,  Celia. 
Halliday,  Nettie. 
Howard,  Sadie. 
Halliday,  Emily. 
Higgins,  Wm. 
Miller,  Mrs.  L. 
Moore,  Mrs.  Geo. 
McKenzie,  Lillie. 
Martin,  Nellie, 
Maine,  Annie. 
Oliver,  Maggie, 


Superintendent. 

Assistant  Superintendent. 

Secretary. 

Treasurer. 

Librarian. 

First  Assistant  Librarian. 

Second  Assistant  Librarian. 

Third  Assistant  Librarian. 

Fourth  Assistant  Librarian. 

Organist. 

Chorister. 


TEACHERS. 


Payson,  Mrs.  G.  H. 
Pierson,  Mrs.  Julia  W. 
Storey,  Mrs.  I.  W. 
Shotwell,   Mary. 
Shotwell,  Emily. 
Squire,  Hattie. 
Squier,  Minnie. 
Terrill,  Mrs.  W.  C. 
Urmston,  J.  Joseph. 
Urmston,  Louisa. 
Woodruff,  Mrs.  E.  W. 
Woodruff,  Mrs.  C.  F. 
Woodruff,  Henry  M. 
Woodruff,  Mrs.  H.  M. 
Woodruff,  Mary. 
Woodruff,  Fannie. 
Williams,  Minnie. 
Williams,  Bessie. 
Williams,  Hattie. 
White,  Lydia. 
Waters,  Jas.  C. 


88 


JUBILEE    SOUVENIR. 


SCHOLARS. 


Ayers,  Annie  M.,  May. 
Avery,  Lulu,  Grace. 


Abbott,  Blanche,  Fred. 
Ainsworth,  Frank,  Charles. 
Arch,  Lei. 


Baumgartner,  Mary  Ella. 
Brower,  Lizzie,  George, 

Annie. 
Birrwith,  Sadie,  Annie. 
Bagley,  Agnes,  Alfred,  Arthur 
Stephen,  Valentine,  Frank. 
Betts,  Henry,  Augustus. 
Bernhardt,  Bertie,  Willie. 
Beers,  Louis. 
Bailey,  Anna,  Ida. 

Brown 


Busse,  Emma. 
Barber,  Lucy,  Lottie. 
Brokaw,  Carrie. 
Babel,  Lily,  George,  Kate, 
,     Charles,  Mary. 
Broadley,  Lawrence,  France. 
Biacklock,  Willie. 
Bennett,  Freddie,  Laura, 

Anna. 
Biers,  Louis. 
,  Susie. 


Cott,    Lizzie,    Mary,    Fred, 

Clara. 
Coddington,  Anna. 
Christ,  Mary,  John,  Lily. 
Carpenter,  Clarence. 
Coles,  F.  Willett. 


Clarkson,  Lucy,  Joel. 
Carman,  May,  Edward. 
Chong,  Ah. 

Clark,  Roy,  Horace,  Jennie. 
Crane,  Maggie. 
Condron,  Eddie,  Clara. 


Cooper,  Harry. 

Davis,  Mary.  Dunham,  Susie. 

Durand,       Mahala,       Carl,     Danner,  John. 
Grace,  Kate.  Dietz,  Louis. 


Edmunds,  Ida. 
Eckert,  Sophie. 


Everson,  Sarah. 


Fowler,  Belle.  Flake,  Daisy,  Anna,  Minnie. 

Felter,  Edna,  Fred.  Freeman,  Eddie,  Walter. 

Frank,  Fred,  Jennie,  Mabel.     Fritz,  Augustus. 
Fleming,  Willie.  Fisher,  Clarence. 

France,  Arthur,  Myrel. 


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89 


George,  Anna,  Sadie,  John,  Garthwaite,  Jennie,  Mary,  Liz- 
Samuel,  zie,  Jerry,  Edna. 

Gibson,  Violetta.  Giesel,  Kitty,  Mary. 

Graves,      Maggie,      Walter,  Gay,  Herbert,  Joe. 

Florence.  Giese,     Ida,     Tillie,     Carrie, 

Gisel,  Lizzie.  George. 

Grose,  Genie.  Groves,  Florence,  Charles. 
Gibbons,  Harold,  Freeland. 


Hetfield,  Thomas,  Mamie. 
Hall,  Elsie. 
Heissenbuttel,  Katie. 
Hurley,  Josie,  Emily,  Eugene. 
Haas,  Nellie. 
Hoffman,     Marion, 

Joseph,  George. 
Hoenicker,  Katie. 
Halliday,    Maggie, 

Jonas,      Harry, 

Allee,  Elsie. 
High,  John. 


Linda, 


Walter, 
Eddie, 


Hussey,  Charles. 
Hassel,  Jennie. 
Holder,  Lizzie,  Addie. 
Hunter,  Gertie. 
Hattel,  Emma. 
Harmer,  Stella. 
Hewitt,  Irma,  Mamie. 
Horton,  Mamie,  Richard. 
Helmstadter,  Willie. 
Hankins,  Charles,  Mulford. 
Haley,  John. 
Harris,  Annie. 


Jewell,    Clara,    Stella,    Wil-     Jobes,  Lawrence,  Annie. 
Ham,  Ida. 

Kling,  Edith,  Minnie.  Kirchgassner,  George. 

Koustre,  Fred,  Willie. 


Laforge,      Lily,      Ernest, 

Charles,  Clara,  Viola. 
Lung,  Charles. 
Long,  Lee. 


Ludlow,  Lizzie,  Groves. 
Laurence,  Iva. 
Ling,  Ah. 


McChesney,  Louise,  Han- 
nah, Charles. 

McDonald,  Phoebe,  Anna. 

Mundrane,  Sarah,  Harry, 
Maude,  Hattie. 

McKenzie,  Joel,  Edward. 


Marsh,  Lizzie. 
Marshall,  Nellie. 
Messer,  Helen,  Stewart,  Ag- 
nes. 
Martin,  Annie. 
Mintel,  August,  Sadie. 


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Moorhouse,    Willie,    Lizzie,  Mandeville,  George. 

Joseph.  Marsbee,  Joseph. 

Miller,  Harry,  Charles,  Oli-  McVicar,  Charlie,  Jennie. 

ver.  Moore,  George. 

Morss,  Edith,  Sarah,  Merritt,  Florence. 

Herbert  R.  Medeuil,  Mabel. 

Noe,  Lizzie.  Naylor,  Minnie. 

Noyes,  Grace.  Nelson,  C. 

Olinskie,      Katie,     Maggie,  Oliver,    Eva,     Elmer,     Leon, 
Maurice.  Elsie. 

Potter,  May  White,  Edward  Pommerehne,    Henry,    Julia, 

C,  Jr.  Lulu,  Flora. 

Patey,  Charles.  Putnam,  Susie. 

Rowland,  Annie,  John.  Rittell,  Julius. 

Rumler,  Henry.  Russ,  Gertrude. 

Reed,  Sarah,  Walter,  Mamie.  Ryno,  A.  Lewis. 

Repskey,    Willie,     Charles,  Ross,  Elmer,  Mildred. 

Joseph,  Fritz.  Reeder,  Florence,  Daisy. 
Ripkey,  Jennie,  Annie. 

Schilling,  Mamie,  Charles.  Squires,  Ella,  Frances. 

Stacy,  Lizzie,  Addie,  Maude,  Selig,  Bertie. 

George.  Still,  Mrs.  Edna. 

Simpson,  George.  Scisco,  George. 

Stryker,  Lee,  George.  Smith,  Fred. 
Switzer,  Lizzie. 

Tingley,  Jennie.  Trussler,  Annie,  Minnie. 

Terrill,  Amos,  Walter.  Tier,  Frank,  Hattie. 

Tooker,  Samuel,  Edna.  Tucker,  Natalie. 
Taylor,  Walter. 

Urmston,  May,  Iva,  Mamie,  Underhill,  Ada,  Blanche. 

William,  Alpheus,  Joseph,  Ulrich,  Herman. 
Frederick,    Hattie,    Flor- 
ence,     Emma,     Herbert, 
Clarence,  Harry. 


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Van  Campen,  Albert,  May.       Van  Sickle,  George. 
Vail,  Melvin,  Hawline. 

Weldon,      Addie,     Chester,  Waters,  James. 

Winfield,  Frank,  William,  Woodruff,  Elsie,  Frank. 

Eva.  Westervelt,  A.  C. 

White,  Elmer,  Amos.  Whitehead,  Frank. 

Wraight,   Nellie,   Raymond,  Wilhaus,  Minnie. 

Grace,  Mamie. 

Yeager,  Louise. 

Total  Scholars, 310 

Officers  arid  Teachers, .     50 

Grand  Total, 360 


92 


JUBILEE   SOUVENIR. 


Organization    of    the     Second     Presbyterian 
Church,  Rahway. 

The  roll  of  the  original  members  of  the  Second  Rahway 
Presbyterian  Church,  receiving  their  letters  of  dismission 
from  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  on  the  date  of  organi- 
zation, November,  9,  1849,  also  successions  of  Pastors. 


Aaron  Tucker, 
Frederick  King, 


ELDERS. 

George  F.  Webb, 
Jonathan  Thompson. 

MEMBERS. 


Caroline  E.  Ayers, 
John  A.  Briant, 
Ira  Clawson, 
Alanson  Creego, 
Delia  M.  Creego, 
James  A.  Calhoun, 
Ann  L.  Calhoun, 
Louisa  Crowell, 
Nancy  Davidson, 
Isabella  Davidson, 
Anna  P.  Everosgham, 
Philip  Eckerson, 
Eveline  Eckerson, 
Alexander  Edgar, 
Ursula  M.  Edgar, 
A.  Wilhelmina  Edgar, 
Mary  C.  Edgar, 
Phebe  Catharine  Edgar, 
Wm.  M.  Edgar, 
George  P.  Edgar, 
Henrietta  Freeman, 
Jane  O.  Freeman, 
Ursula  F.  Gage, 
Harriet  Gage, 
Hannah  Haydock, 
Nancy  Hoff. 

SUCCESSION 


Ann  Eliza  Henry, 
Cornelius  Jewell, 
Sarah  Jewell, 
Louisa  Jaques, 
Abby  La  Rue  King, 
Frederick  La  Rue  King, 
Caroline  L.  King, 
Adeline  S.  Lee, 
Ira  C.  Martin, 
Rhoda  Martin, 
Nancy  Martin, 
Margaret  Miller, 
Sarah  E.  Parker, 
Theophilus  Page, 
Priscilla  Sutton, 
Sarah  Sharpe, 
Thomas  H.  Shafer, 
Caroline  E.  Shafer, 
Bethiah  Thompson, 
Hannah  Tucker, 
Prudence  Turner, 
Jonathan  Woodruff, 
Alvira  Woodruff, 
Sarah  M.  Winans, 
Mary  B.  Wooding, 

OF    PASTORS. 


Rev.  Lewis  H.  Lee,  from  April  17,  1850,  to  April,  1853. 
Rev.  George  S.  Mott,  D.  D.,  from  Oct.  9,  1853,  to  Oct.  5, 185^ 
Rev.  V.  LeRoy  Lockwood,  from  December,  1858,  to  1864. 
Rev.  John  A.  Liggett,  D.  D.,  1865 — {^Present  Pastor^  1891.) 


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